Nazis in South America - in Popular Culture

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  • A ratline operated by die Spinne in Spain is the subject of the 1966 Nick Carter novel Web of Spies.
  • Former Nazi Germany officers working for the US are featured in the television movie The Belarus File (1985), an adaptation of John Loftus's book The Belarus Secret.
  • Former Nazis living in Rio de Janeiro are infiltrated by the daughter of a former Nazi in the film Notorious (1946) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
  • In the last days of World War II, Adolf Hitler fakes suicide and attempts to escape Europe with the help of a Roman ratline in Joseph Heywood's novel The Berkut.
  • Former Nazis living in South America are killed by Erik Lensherr (Magneto) in the film X-Men: First Class (2011) directed by Matthew Vaughn.
  • Former Nazis that form the terrorist group Millennium in the anime series Hellsing escape to South America, enabling them to fight for another decade.
  • A network of former Nazis who escaped to South America play a central role in Ira Levin's novel The Boys from Brazil (1974) which was later made into a film (1976).

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