Wreck controversially claimed as ‘sub that helped Hitler escape’ may not be what it seems

The shipwreck was discovered by the research group “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link), whose leader Abel Basti has long been a proponent of the conspiracy theory that Hitler escaped the fall of Nazi Germany and made it to South America.

According to Mr Basti, the U-boat was deliberately scuttled to cover Hitler’s tracks, before the fascist dictator was taken to a Nazi-owned ranch at Moromar, 24 miles north of Quequén, that was built by two German agents, Ludwig Freude and Thilo Martens.

Local legend in the area has it that one Luis Mariotti — a policeman — was tasked with investigating reports of submarines landing along the coast around Quequén in 1945. Mr Mariotti is said to have followed truck tracks from the beach to the Moromar ranch, where men with machine guns prevented him from entering.

Subsequently — the story goes — the policeman was instructed by his superiors to forget the whole matter. Meanwhile, declassified FBI documents are reported to contain one account from 1945 of Hitler reaching Argentina by U-boat — however, in that narrative, the vessel landed at the Valdes Peninsula, some 400 miles to the south of Quequén.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1695006/u-boat-sub-wreck-adolf-hitler-nazi-germany-argentina-controversial-theory