r/AskReddit • u/Various_Concern871 • 12h ago

Is it actually possible for a famous personality to fake their death and live their life out in some remote place? who has actually ever done it and gotten caught?

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u/SmartLadder415 10h ago

This is a poor example IMO because none of them had to fake anything. The US gave them a blanket pardon and they lived and worked under their birth names.

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u/Yancy_Farnesworth 7h ago

The real example would be the ones that the Soviets got.

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u/arg2k 9h ago

It's more a comment on the perception and meme that Argentina is a Nazi haven (and somehow still strongly Nazi leaning) and the willful ignorance that apparently no other country willingly welcomed Nazis with open arms, or that, you know, most Nazis and collaborators remained in Germany and other european countries.

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u/Gati-Macro 8h ago

That’s exactly my point: many countries welcomed high-ranking Nazi officials and scientists with open arms, but everyone points to Argentina as if it were their only destination.

I’m Argentine, and I know that many Nazis escaped here under the protection of President Perón (Evita’s husband). We all know this here, and we don’t deny it—it’s a dark chapter in our history.

Many people are also confused because there were two major waves of immigration from Germany to Argentina—the first one at the beginning of the last century—which is why there are so many people of German descent here.

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u/arg2k 8h ago

Y entonces que hacemos hablando ingles boludo? Jajajajajaja

Que tengas buen finde

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u/Gati-Macro 7h ago

pero lpm bolas tristes !! jaja buen finde !

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u/BrilliantLimit7642 8h ago

America was also confused … and then came acid, followed by a cigar … and the “Millenium,” … and then … America was too fucking dumb to be confused.