Altos

Altos is a town in Paraguay, located in the Cordillera Department. The town contains a German clubhouse, a church, a cemetery, and a statue of Jos? F?lix Estigarribia, the President of Paraguay (August 15 1939 - September 7 1940) who died in a plane crash above the town.

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It is most notable as the temporary hiding place of Joseph Mengele, the notorious Nazi scientist who experimented on concentration camp inmates. Mengele and his wife Martha fled to Altos in 1959, after the West German government discovered his address in Buenos Aires, Argentina and issued a warrant for his arrest. His wife failed to adjust to their new life and left him. In 1960, panicked at the increased interest in his wherabouts by Nazi hunters and the recent capture of Adolf Eichmann, Mengele left Altos for Hohenhau in southern Paraguay.

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Paraguay: The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked republic in South America. Lying on both banks of the Paraguay River, it borders Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the northeast and Bolivia to the northwest. The name "Paraguay" is derived from the Guarani words "par?", meaning "ocean", "gua" m...

Cordillera Department: Cordillera is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caacup?....

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