Rodolfo Freude
Encyclopedia
Rodolfo Freude was a close advisor of Argentine
President Juan Perón
and served as his Director of the Information Division (División de Informaciones
).
Freude, an Argentine citizen of German
descent, is suspected of having organized ODESSA
and helping the smuggling of Nazi
officers to Argentina.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
President Juan Perón
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer, and politician. Perón was three times elected as President of Argentina though he only managed to serve one full term, after serving in several government positions, including the Secretary of Labor and the Vice Presidency...
and served as his Director of the Information Division (División de Informaciones
División de Informaciones
División de Informaciones is a defunct Argentine intelligence agency created by Juan Perón to work within the National Presidential Office.Its director was Rodolfo Freude...
).
Freude, an Argentine citizen of German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
descent, is suspected of having organized ODESSA
ODESSA
The ODESSA, from the German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, meaning “Organization of Former SS Members,” is believed to have been an international Nazi network set up toward the end of World War II by a group of SS officers...
and helping the smuggling of Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
officers to Argentina.
See also
- Coordinación de Informaciones de EstadoCoordinación de Informaciones de EstadoCoordinación de Informaciones de Estado was the first Argentine civilian intelligence agency created in 1946 by Juan Perón...
- Secretaría de InteligenciaSecretaría de InteligenciaSecretaría de Inteligencia is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republic and head of its National Intelligence System....
- List of Argentine Secretaries of Intelligence