Was the wreckage found off Argentina a Nazi submarine?

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to a Buenos Aires Times report on Wednesday, a group of volunteer researchers launched an investigation into the submarine's origins

The researchers are with the Eslabón Perdido group, which is led by historian and researcher Abel Basti, who discovered its half-buried remains.

The Argentinian government spent $300,000 investigating the wreck and then refused to reveal the results publically.

The independent researchers concluded that the submarine was very likely of Nazi origin.

Researchers from the Italian Naval League supported this finding. They also believe that the ship dates back to the Second World War-era German navy.

German Embassy unconvinced

The German Embassy in Buenos Aires remains unconvinced, telling Perfil, "After several investigations, we can communicate that for the time being, there are no signs that it is the wreckage of a German submarine. Therefore, we currently assume that we do not own that wreckage."

The Buenos Aires Times also noted that several...