BOLT TO ARGENTINA
NAZIS IN STOLEN U-BOAT SURPRISED BY ARREST LONDON, Sept. 10. Thirty-two members of the German Navy told how, fearing that they would spend the rest of their lives in Russian labour gangs, they stole the submarine U-977 and fled to Argentina, says the New York Times' correspondent at San Juan, Porto Rico. The Gormans, who are en route to Miami from Buenos Aires, said the submarine cleared Norway for raiding the English Channel three days before the capitulation. The crew decided after hearing the news not to return to Germany. Sixteen of the crew who objected were put ashore at Bergen. The submarine took three months to reach Rio Plata, Argentina. They were surprised when they were interned and turned over to the jurisdiction of the United States Navy. Oberlieutenant Heinz Chafer, the commander, said that Argentina was chosen as a refuge due to the glowing reports by returned members of the Graf Spce crew of the opportunity there and also the friendly attitude of officials to the Nazis.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21816, 12 September 1945, Page 3
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