Overview
- Interviewee
- Wilfred Von Oven
- Interviewer
- Uki Goñi
- Date
-
interview:
1997 August 26
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Physical Details
- Language
- Spanish
- Extent
-
2 sound cassettes (90 min.).
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- Restrictions on access. Interview is viewable onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum only.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Fair use for research purposes only. Publication of the materials may require a written permission from the source archive. No use for commercial purposes.
- Copyright Holder
- Uki Goñi
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Argentina--History--20th century. Argentina.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Uki Goňi contributed his interviews produced as research for his book "The Real Odessa: Smuggling the Nazis to Peron’s Argentina" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007.
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- 2024-04-03 10:47:55
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Contains the research materials collected by Uki Goňi, author of "The Real Odessa: Smuggling the Nazis to Peron’s Argentina." In course of his research for this book, Mr. Goňi collected relevant documents over a period of 20 years in various archives worldwide, including in Argentina, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States. Uki Goňi shows how from 1946 onward a Nazi escape operation was based at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, harboring such war criminals as Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele. Goni uncovers an elaborate network that relied on the complicity of the Vatican, the Argentine Catholic Church, and the Swiss authorities.
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Uki Goňi collection : The Real Odessa research material
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Contains the research materials collected by Uki Goňi, author of "The Real Odessa: Smuggling the Nazis to Peron’s Argentina." In course of his research for this book, Mr. Goňi collected relevant documents over a period of 20 years in various archives worldwide, including in Argentina, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States.
Interview concerning Fernando Amarante
Oral History
The son of Fernando Amarante discusses his father’s work in the Police force, where he was in charge of capturing German spies; how Fernando Amarante was shot in the head and killed in 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and his death was labeled a “suicide”; being very proud of his father’s activities; his father being in the “department of Federal coordination” of the Police; his father finding German gold and returning it to the treasury; his father being a Peronist; an incident with his uncle and Eva Peron; his maternal grandfather, Count Sotocassa, in Italy, funding Vittorio Emanuele in his campaign of independence; his father’s mission to Brazil with a suitcase full of secret documents, intending to discuss a wheat purchase, and Rolando Hagomosino going along with the mission; the different branches within the Peronist party; his father being a radical, although in uniform he could not express it openly; the connection between Basiani, Chief of Police, and his father; Vincente Palomin investigating the whereabouts of the brother of a Nazi spy in Montevideo in 1945; his father’s remains arriving in Buenos Aires on October 5, 1946 and Rodriguez’s eulogy; the “Blue and White” book galleys, which was written with Abel Rodriguez, and is a compilation of newspaper articles of that time; his father’s treatment of detainees; his father not holding a specific opinion on either side of the war; his view of the Monroe Doctrine and the plundering of South America by North American governments; a possible affair between Evita and Amarante Sr. when he was put in charge of her entourage; details about Ludwig Freude, whose son, Rodolfo Freude, became head of information services for Peron; the money that was printed in Germany with the idea to flood the market and destabilize the economy; the conflict between Amarante Sr. and Osimole (Peron’s associate); the American government asking for the extradition of Ludwig Freude; Amarante Sr. being against blocking the extradition; medals being given to Amarante Sr. by both Syrian-Lebanese and Jewish communities for his intervention on their behalf; and Contal managing to exchange the sterling in the Central Bank despite the fact that it was proven fake.
Interview concerning Martin Bormann
Oral History
Interview with Bianchi
Oral History
Interview with Wendell Blancké and Ingeborg Sommer
Oral History
Interview with Abel Blau
Oral History
Interview with Osinde Burzaco
Oral History
Interview with Oscar Carballal
Oral History
Interview concerning Jorge Carretoni
Oral History
Interview concerning Hector Ciapuscio
Oral History
Interview concerning Oscar Contal
Oral History
Interview concerning Richard Walther Darré
Oral History
Interview concerning Dujovne Ortiz
Oral History
Interview concerning Etchepareborda
Oral History
Interview concerning French
Oral History
Interview concerning Freude and Alemann
Oral History
Interview concerning Gonzalez Bergez
Oral History
Interview with William Gowen
Oral History
Interview with Beatriz Gurevich
Oral History
Interview with Abraham (Bob) Hamwee
Oral History
Interview with Juan Harmeyer
Oral History
Interview with Elizabeth Helmuth
Oral History
Interview with Barry Ingham
Oral History
Interview concerning Eugen (Dido) Kvaternik
Oral History
Interview with Malena Labougle and Delia Labougle
Oral History
Interviews with various individuals
Oral History
Interview with Teo Lozano
Oral History
Interview with Ana (Peti) Macri
Oral History
Interview with Tomás Eloy Martínez
Oral History
Interview with Mignone
Oral History
Interview with Aristóbulo Mittelbach
Oral History
Interview with Ragnar Newton-Hagelin
Oral History
Interview with Nora Osinde
Oral History
Nora Osinde, the widow of Colonel Osinde, states that she doesn’t want to give information about her husband and how the group had made a vow not to divulge information about him; and that the colonel wrote a book that has not been published.
Interview with Jose Otero
Oral History
Interview with Pedro Pobierzym
Oral History
Interview with an unknown individual
Oral History
Interview with Eugenio Rom
Oral History
Interview with Franz Ruffinengo
Oral History
Interview with Samuels
Oral History
Samuels discusses his research on the movement of gold between banks in Argentina and several banks in Europe. Goni describes having seen ten books on transfers from Argentina’s Central Bank, and checks the names of account owners with Samuels.
Phone conversations with various persons
Oral History
Interview with Marko Sinovcic
Oral History
Interviews with unknown individuals
Oral History
Interviews with unknown individuals
Oral History
Interview with Czeslaw Smolenksi
Oral History
Interview with Guillermo Speroni
Oral History
Interview with Reinhard Spitzy
Oral History
Interview with Luis Zamborini
Oral History
Interview concerning Jorge Taniora
Oral History
Interview concerning Trenti Rocamora
Oral History
Interview with Zaira Velez
Oral History
Interviews with Wilfred Von Oven and others
Oral History
Interview with Mrs. Walger
Oral History