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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New York, New York DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY
InReply, Pleae Refer wo April '.9, . 965 CENTRAL I NTE l l E NCE AS ENCY
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NAZI WAR CRIMESDISCLOSUREACT
Information Concerning DATE 2001 2008
.Mar tin Bormann gind Other
Ex-Officials of, the Nazi Government
in Germany

NY T-., with whom insufficient contact has

been had to determine the rc ilti..ity of his information
and who has contacts in Europo and South America con-
cerning Neo-Nazi activities, ndvised during pri ., .1965,
that extremely thorough and .:idespread investigntions
have been conducted since ':or d 1ar II in an effort to
locate, ex-Nazis who were officin s under Ad.olI Hit:ler.
In this connection, NY T- ndvised as fo lows;

.. Martin Bormann
NY T-1 advised that in connection with present efforts
by the West German government and others to locate
Martin Bormann, NY T-. said that Bormann reportedly --
presently maintains :z vi a in Dour dos, Brazil; _

further Bormann aeported y has a hideout in Bertha,

a German coJony in Argentina.

Further, NY T-1 stated that Bormann present.y has three

or four bodyguarids in his compaiy and that Bormann
ne'ver travels or even walks alone.
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NY T-1 stated that Bormann has two passports, one
a Parxaguayan made oui; in the name Juan Pesion, and
a Brazilian passport made out in the-ye of Abraham
Goldstein.
According to .NY T-., the West German authorities have
a copy of Bormann's fingerprints from these two
passports.
- According to NY 'T-. , Bormann had a birth mark on the
.eft side of his head at the temple, which was removed;
and Bormann' s SS Number and blood type, :hich was
tatooed near his armpit, *:ns reroved. .
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NAZI WAR CRIMES [S&O0%URE ACT

Inform.tio, Concernin-
Martin Borlmann and Other
E-Officia . of the Nazi Governmcnt
in Germainy
Dormanin, has at ver s ight
according to NY T-.,
scar running; from his .eft temp e to his chin.
NY T-. :dvised that Bormann received this facia. scar when
f.ceeing Ter.in in n tink at the time of the co.:..apse
of old . itler.

t that time, according toI NY T-:, Em;miann received

stomach wounds,

S2. erner Jung-

N.TY T-l stated he feo.:.s thit the one rma:n w;'ho presently
ho:.da the key to Bormanln's :hereabouts
w is :erner Jun;.

JungL;, necord.Lng to NY T- , presently resides in

Vi ' Jung, in Bi: bio, CGerman co .on; in Jpntin.

Jung, according to INY T- , ived in Pahr: (;unJ prior to

a:or.d War II, and in pact-' r d Wrar II; Ie was
askcd to ;cave Paragu:;y because of his strong Nazi
ties; and he is noiw a strong . ink to Neo-IHrzi
activities.

Jung, according to NY T- , has been in contact with

Martin Bormann; Joseph Nen.;cele, infamous Iedica:: Doctor,
wiho performed opera tio ns on concentration camp internees;
and with Heinrich Mu or, former head of German
Gestapo, and who is presentLy chief of the Foreign
Department for the government of Iran in Teheran.
Mul .ei' presently visiting .'.bania.
Jung, according to NY T-.., works for a farm too..
manufacturing company il Paraguty named "Fepa". This
company was contro'.i.ed by the engele fam.il y in
Gin stcrg, Gerrmany .

Jung, accordrg to NY T- ., is a Paraguayan citi>en,

and as a representative. for Fepa, is a we.. -to-do-
businessman.

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artin Bormalnn anud Other
Ex-Officia i s of the Nazi Gove.rnment
in GerIatny

.73. : Joseph Fritsche

NY T-: advised further tha:t another ko;r fiL ure

surrounding the wherentbouts of Iartin Dorma:.nn :nd
cther ex-Nazis is Jozseph F1ritsche.

IritcChe present: ;y runs a: pro-Nazi ne;vspoer in

Buenos Aires, P.rgentinac; is a former mnember of the
SS, and member of the Nazi organization Odessa;
he ils al.soa .member of 'Der Spider," an undcrground
Niazi mtwork. According to HY T-, Fritsche w:.is in
a position to receive fecoing Gestapo officia.s in
South America as thc f.ed Germany at the -end of
;orld War II, and Fritsche equipped these Nazis with
false passports. -According to NY T-., Fritsche was
the "Spider man' under the regime of Juan Peron in
Argentina.
/.o° Captain Al.exander von Eckstein
NY T- ai so provided the name of another individu.
whom he considers a koy figure surrouiding; wanted
ex-Nazi officini.s,namfle y, Captain Alexander von
Eckstein.

Captain von Eckstein is c: personai friend of the

President of Paragtua, Genera.l Klf'redo Stroessner.
According to NY T-,, von Eckstein is present. y in
Paraguay or est German;ny. It was von Eckstein who
-received hunted Germian officia.i:. f .eein; Germany at
the end of ';orld War II, and it uas von Eckstein's
responsibility to find s Ie hiding p ::ce for them.
Von Eckstein, according to NY T- :., received these
esca'pees frome W:erner Junr. -
.ban Krugg

PNY T- . furnished thea ne of . ban Kru:.g- :c another

:<ey figure in The underg~round networl t11: t is protecting
Inrtin 3ornann nnd other r.:missing Nazis.
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Martin Bormann ard Other
Ex-Officia:.s of the Nazi Governmiecnt
in Germany

Krus; is present. y the head of a German colony

cooperative in Ob..igo r, Be ,taVista, Paragua~y.
This location ws se'.ected i:th great dare due
to its accessibility to Brrzil and Argcntina.

ICrugg has en office in the vi. .age of Ob igo..o

in Paraguay; mainta ins an apartment in ri::. a Morro,
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j 678 E2-igito APja .i, Paraguay .

6. Joseph Mengele

In connection writh Josoh M.!engele, the infamous

edical Doctor in the Iit or governmnent in Germany
during World War II, NY T- advised thatI Mengele
reportedly passed thr;hit the United States en route
to Canada during the end :f .963 or ear y )u64.
Mdenge.e, according t:7 NY .'-, p5ossesse0 b plass-
ports: -

(a:) Paraguayan pnsspoL r:ber 37.1.26, bearing the

name Juan Marron.
(b) -West German passport number 3415374. bearing the
nm:o Joseph Mengele.

According to NY T- ., Meng;e .;: i nowv in Paraguay and

travels extensive ;.y, representing . a. Gcrm:wn ranufactur-
ingL company of farm equipment.
Men Le, according to NY T-:., mnintains a residence
at 9>7 Virrez Vertis, Duenos Aires, Argenina.
According to NY T-., Mengele is a::So the co-owner of
a pharmacy and co-owner of r. custom furniture .manu-
facturing company in Ar;entin. A so, Iange e performs
three or -four abortions a d, . Mange.:.c ivedc. :xi Argentina,

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Information Concerning
Ma rtin Bormann and Other
Ex-Offficials 'of the Nazi Government
in Germany
and in :.954, wfa3 toad by at high Argentine offiical.
that for his own. safety he should leave Argentina
and Mengele reportedly fl.ed to Chile.

NY T-: stated that Meng&oe is a Paraguayan subject,

as of October 22, 1959, and in October, 1958, resided
for a while .in West .Germany. NY T- stated that
Menge.ie' second ife, Martha Weil., iCer hcim in
1960, - and now resides in Lucerne, Switzerland.
NY T-.'. tatod that for the first time Interpol is
working active.y to l.oca te Martin Bormann aend
Joseph Iengel.e. Mengele is wanted for the
maurder of Muriel Eldad. ccording to NY T-1,
Eldad was a Polish fir , :. citizen of Irae., whose
famiJy lived in Argentina. .According t: NY T-1,
El.dad worked her w;a into the confidence of Pengele,
with the view of Ui ±!n-. hima. However, Men;ele kl~.ed
Eldad. It was NY T- 's impression that.d^d
was working on beha. 1' of .' Israe. i inte igence group.

According to NY T-1, eig!ht peop.e have died in

abortiv'e attenpt3 :n the Life of Martin Bormann and
Joseph Mengie.

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