THE Supreme Court of Argentina has unearthed documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda material that was used to spread Adolf Hitler’s ideology in the South American nation, a judicial authority from the court reported on Sunday.

The court came across the material when preparing for the creation of a museum with its historical documents, the judicial authority said. The official requested anonymity due to internal policies.

Among the documents, they found postcards, photographs and propaganda material from the German regime.

Some of the material “intended to consolidate and propagate Hitler’s ideology in Argentina, in the midst of World War II,” the official said.

The boxes are believed to be related to the arrival of 83 packages in Buenos Aires on June 20 1941, sent by the German embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship Nan-a-Maru.

At the time, the German diplomatic mission in Argentina had requested the release of the material, claiming the boxes contained personal belongings, but the Customs and Ports Division retained it.

Supreme Court president Horacio Rosatti has ordered the preservation of the material and a thorough analysis.