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Nazi Antarctic Base (New Berchtesgaden)

RecordOBS-0017
CategoryGovernment/Cover-ups
StatusDEBUNKED
SummaryProponents claim that Nazi Germany established a secret base in Antarctica, called New Berchtesgaden, during or after World War II, and that senior Nazis, including Hitler, escaped there via U-boats. The claim originated with a Hungarian exile, Ladislas Szabo, in 1945-1947 and has been embellished over time.
OriginThe claim first appeared in 1945 in an Argentine newspaper article by Ladislas Szabo, later expanded in his 1947 book 'Hitler is Alive'.
Claimed
  • Nazi Germany built a secret base called 'New Berchtesgaden' in Antarctica in 1938-39.
  • U-boats U-530 and U-977 transported Hitler, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann, and other Nazis to Antarctica or Patagonia after the war.
  • Hitler's ashes were taken to Antarctica and placed in an ice-cave along with Nazi treasure.
Evidence / consensusHistorical evidence shows the German Antarctic expedition of 1938-39 was a scientific and whaling-related mission, and no evidence of any military base or post-war Nazi activity exists. The U-boat commanders and crews were interrogated and released, and no evidence of a Nazi escape was found.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
A classic post-war myth with no documentary support. The absence of any physical trace and the origin in a single sensationalist account mark it as fabrication.

Sources

  1. Nazi Antarctic Base

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