Nazism in Chile

Some local support of Nazism in Chile preceded Adolf Hitler's 1933 appointment as Chancellor of Germany, including a Chilean National Socialist party active from 1932 to 1938. Nazi Germany also pursued the Nazification of German Chileans.

Nazi spy networks operated in the country between 1937 and 1944. The Chilean government's Department 50 investigated Nazi activity throughout Latin America from 1939 until 1947, with the help of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Numerous files and photographs were declassified in 2017. History's investigative documentary series Hunting Hitler suggested that they possibly corroborated the dictator's escape from Berlin.

Other movements related to Nazism continued to operate in Chile until the latter half of the 20th century. This included Colonia Dignidad, a site of human rights abuses during Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. Pinochet was supported by former Schutzstaffel (SS) officer Walter Rauff, who spent his later life in the country.

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