Swast tiles at the entrance: Police raid home of Nazi memorabilia dealer in Argentina

The Buenos Aires provincial police said late Thursday that they had seized Nazi uniforms, weapons, ammunition, books and various accessories from the home of a man who sold items online, according to authorities in the country.

According to officials, on April 8 they received a report about an advertisement posted on Facebook Marketplace in which a user named Fernando Martinson, alongside a photo of an American military insignia, offered military uniforms and gear for sale. Authorities later identified the seller as Diego Fernando Martins. Following a search warrant issued by a court, officers raided Martins’ home in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. According to the authorities’ statement, the entrance hallway had tiles decorated with swastikas.

Among the items seized at the scene were a copy of Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf and daggers bearing swastika symbols.

Martins did not respond to requests for comment sent through a Facebook page provided by the authorities. Police have not yet said what charges may be brought against him. Argentine law prohibits the dissemination of propaganda that promotes ideas of racial superiority.

Items and findings linked to the Nazi regime are occasionally uncovered in Argentina. After World War II, the country took in both Holocaust survivors and dozens of Nazi war criminals, among them Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele. Last year, a review of Nazi-era diaries by Dutch retired systems expert Paul Post led Buenos Aires authorities to accuse the daughter of a senior Nazi of hiding an 18th-century painting looted during the Holocaust.