Law enforcement officials in Buenos Aires announced Wednesday they have confiscated Nazi-related materials, including uniforms, weapons, and ammunition, from the residence of an individual who was marketing items through online platforms.
According to authorities, they became aware on April 8 of a Facebook Marketplace listing posted by someone using the username Fernando Martinsohn, which displayed a U.S. military star image and advertised military uniforms and related items for sale. Police identified the individual as Diego Fernando Martinez.
Armed with a search warrant issued by the court, officers visited Martinez’s residence located in Buenos Aires’ suburban area, where they discovered the entrance featured floor tiles decorated with swastikas, according to an official statement. The confiscated materials included a copy of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and knives bearing swastika symbols.
Attempts to reach Martinez for comment through the Facebook profile identified by authorities were unsuccessful.
Law enforcement did not detail what criminal charges Martinez might encounter. Under Argentine law, distributing materials that advocate racial superiority concepts is forbidden.
Argentina periodically sees discoveries of Nazi-related items, as the country welcomed both Holocaust survivors and numerous Nazi war criminals following World War Two, including Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.
In the previous year, Dutch systems specialist Paul Post’s review of his father’s wartime journals from the Nazi period resulted in Buenos Aires officials filing charges against the daughter of a senior Nazi official for hiding an 18th-century artwork stolen during the Holocaust.
