Uki Goñi
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| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) Washington D.C., United States |
| Occupation | Historian, writer |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Genre | History, Research |
| Subject | Nazism |
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Uki Goñi (born 1953) is an Argentine author who is principally known for his work documenting the escape of Nazi war criminals from Europe.
Goñi's research studies the role of the Vatican, Swiss authorities and the government of Argentina in organizing 'ratline', escape routes for fugitive criminals and collaborators.
Goñi was born in Washington, D.C., United States in 1953 and was raised in the US, Argentina, Mexico, and Ireland. Since 1975 he has lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Drawing on investigations in Argentine, Swiss, American, British, and Belgian government archives, as well as numerous interviews and other sources, Goñi's conclusions are detailed extensively in his book The Real Odessa: Smuggling the Nazis to Perón's Argentina (Granta Books, 2002, ), published originally in London in 2002 and since then translated into Spanish, Italian, Slovenian, Portuguese and German.
Goñi is also well known for his reporting on the crimes of Argentina's 1976-83 dictatorship while he worked at The Buenos Aires Herald newspaper during those years, and as a witness in two of the trials against former officers of the dictatorship.
The book has had wide repercussions in those countries through which Nazi criminals and their collaborators passed in their escape, especially in Italy, the Netherlands and Argentina.
Following publication of the book in Italy, a group of parliamentarians in Rome demanded that Prime Minister Berlusconi open an investigation into the passage of Nazis through their country.
In Milan, SS criminal Erich Priebke, sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the Ardeatine Caves Massacre of 1944, sought a court injunction against the Italian translation of Goñi's book, demanding 50,000 euros in damages. He was turned down on both counts, although he had already won a series of judicial cases against media stories about him.
In Genoa, archbishop Tarcisio Bertone distributed 50,000 copies of a "Special Edition" of "Settimanale Cattolico" ("Catholic Weekly") announcing the creation of a special commission of inquiry to investigate Goñi's revelations regarding the role of the Genoese curia in aiding the flight of Nazi war criminals through the port city.
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