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Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
About Reinhard Kopps
- Reinhard Kopps (29 September 1914 Hamburg – 11 September 2001 Bariloche, Argentina) was an SS Officer for the Nazi Party during World War II.
- Following the defeat of Germany in World War II, he helped Nazis escape to Argentina, finally fleeing there himself.
- Under the assumed name of Juan Maler, Kopps was hiding in the small town of Bariloche in the Andes Mountains.
- Bariloche was the home of many Germans after World War II. Recently opened Nazi archives in 1994 caused ABC News to research Nazi war criminals.
- After research revealed many Nazis living in Argentina, Sam Donaldson confronted Maler on camera, getting him to admit that he was Reinhard Kopps, a former Nazi, and that he assisted Nazis to leave Germany and settle in Argentina.
- In order to deflect attention away from himself, he told Donaldson that an even worse war criminal, Erich Priebke was also living there, confirming ABC News research.
- Priebke was soon arrested, and Kopps fled.
- The story was made for ABC's Primetime Live, as well as Nazi Hunters.
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