Rodolfo Freude (11 September 1920 – 18 October 2003) was a close advisor
of President
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and Statesman (politician), statesman who served as the History of Argentina (1946-1955), 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to Revolución Libertad ...
of Argentina and served as his director of the Information Division (''
División de Informaciones'').
Freude, an Argentine citizen of German descent, is suspected of having organized
ODESSA
ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-pl ...
and was involved in smuggling
Nazi
Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...
officers to Argentina.
See also
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Coordinación de Informaciones de Estado
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Secretaría de Inteligencia
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List of secretaries of intelligence of Argentina
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Richard Walther Darré
Richard Walther Darré (born Ricardo Walther Óscar Darré; 14 July 1895 – 5 September 1953) was one of the leading Nazism, Nazi "Blood and Soil, blood and soil" () ideologists and served as Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Reich ...
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Carlos Fuldner
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Charles Lescat
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Ratlines (World War II aftermath)
The ratlines () were systems of escape routes used by German Nazis and other fascists to flee Europe from 1945 onwards in the aftermath of World War II. These escape routes mainly led toward havens in South America, particularly Argentina, ...
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1920 births
2003 deaths
Argentine secretaries of intelligence
Argentine people of German descent
Place of birth missing
Argentine anti-communists
Argentine collaborators with Nazi Germany
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
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