Nine thousand Nazi war criminals fled to South America after the Second World War, it has been revealed for the first time. After receiving tip-offs, German prosecutors were recently granted access to secret files in Brazil and Chile that confirmed the true number of Third Reich immigrants. According to the documents, an estimated 9,000 war criminals escaped to South America, including Croatians, Ukrainians, Russians and other western Europeans who aided the Nazi murder machine. War criminals: Secret files have revealed that an estimated 9,000 Nazis, including Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann (left) and  Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele (right), fled to South America in the aftermath of the Second World War
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As many as 5,000 Nazis went to Argentina
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Between 1,500 and 2,000 ended up in Brazil
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Around 500 to 1,000 settled in Chile
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The rest started new lives in Paraguay and Uruguay
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