ABSTRACT
The archives of the Argentinian Embassy in Rome include 50 boxes covering the years 1899-1960. Each box contains an unforeseen number of files, with documents not always belonging to the box’s year/s. In 1948, Emerico Knipfer proudly stressed his belonging to the “Aryan race”. A third group of documents underlines the attention paid by Argentina to fascist and anti-communist movements, and the fear of a communist breakthrough in Italy. In 1948, the Embassy had its sights set on the Italian elections, while growing increasingly used to East European visa requests. In postwar Italy, Hudal served as an international relay for German migration, and he sought to turn into that outflow’s advantage whatever activities inimical to the Nazis he had been responsible for during the war. Italian diplomats reported that the Argentinian government feared the presence of East-European “communists” among immigrants desirous to reach the country.
