Nazism in Chile

Black-and-white photograph of people performing a Nazi salute, returned by Nazis up front
A Nazi congregation gathers in Chile, evidently to raise Winterhilfswerk funds, which Adolf Hitler reportedly controlled.

Some local support of Nazism in Chile preceded Adolf Hitler's 1933 appointment as Chancellor of Germany, including a Chilean National Socialist party active from 1932 to 1938. Nazi Germany also pursued the Nazification of German Chileans.

Nazi spy networks operated in the country between 1937 and 1944. Between 1941 and 1947, with the help of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Chilean government investigated Nazi activity, later expanded to other parts of Latin America. Numerous photographs and other documents were declassified in 2017.

Other movements related to Nazism continued to operate in Chile until the latter half of the 20th century. This included Colonia Dignidad, a site of human rights abuses during Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. Pinochet was supported by former Schutzstaffel (SS) officer Walter Rauff, who spent his later life in the country.

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