A former CIA agent claims there is a growing body of evidence showing Adolf Hitler faked his own death in Germany and actually escaped to Argentina, where followers tried to reboot his fallen Nazi empire. Bob Baer, who spent his 21-year career in espionage, says the official version of history - with Hitler dying by suicide in 1945 - might need rethinking once anticipated bombshell evidence is released. He expects a forthcoming set of documents out of Argentina to reveal possible entanglements between the fascist dictator and the South American government that may have been hiding him. Baer, 72, believes the archives on Nazis who fled to Argentina after the war may spotlight efforts to build a Fourth Reich in South America, and implicate Argentinian officials in the support of Nazis, money laundering schemes and more. He's anticipating a paper or money trail pointing to both Argentinian government involvement in the construction of a possible Nazi hideout in the Misiones province (which was uncovered in a 2015 archaeological dig), and President Juan Perón's backing of a 1950s nuclear fusion lab headed by a Nazi scientist on a remote island. We don't yet know when Argentinian officials plan to release the findings, but we do know this idea of Hitler's escape has been examined for decades. Even the Eisenhower administration took the toppled führer's possible survival seriously, Baer says. In the 2015 History Channel show Hunting Hitler, Baer and others floated theories about Hitler's escape and of Nazi stragglers regrouping with the help of sympathetic South American leaders. Did newlyweds Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun kill themselves in the underground bunker? Ex-spy Bob Baer says'we'll never get a complete answer' Did newlyweds Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun kill themselves in the underground bunker? Ex-spy Bob Baer says'we'll never get a complete answer' University of Buenos Aires archaeologists unearthed the remains of what they called a hideout for top Nazi officers in 2015 University of Buenos Aires archaeologists unearthed the remains of what they called a hideout for top Nazi officers in 2015 The remains of the three building Nazi hideout is in Teyu Cuare Park near San Ignacio in the northeastern province of Misione The remains of the three building Nazi hideout is in Teyu Cuare Park near San Ignacio in the northeastern province of Misione Archaeologists found this German coin from 1938 in the remains of a house built inside Teyu Cuare Park Archaeologists found this German coin from 1938 in the remains of a house built inside Teyu Cuare Park He pointed to the Misiones discovery as 'the most interesting find' related to the story so far. 'Lots of money was spent on a compound with plumbing and electricity in the middle of nowhere,' Baer told the Daily Mail, adding Nazi memorabilia - including German World War II-era coins - was found in the area. 'If you were going to hide Hitler, that's where you'd do it.' Historians broadly agree that newlyweds Hitler and Eva Braun died by suicide in the leader's underground Führerbunker in April 1945 as Soviet forces advanced on Berlin. Their bodies were partially burned and buried in a shallow bomb crater. Once exhumed, Soviet officials identified both Hitler and Braun through dental records. Both of their remains were held in East Germany before the Soviet Union's Committee for State Security (KGB) destroyed Hitler's in 1970. They saved only a jawbone and skull, which were taken to Moscow. Meanwhile, thousands of Nazi war criminals and collaborators - including Holocaust planner Adolf Eichman and 'Angel of death' Josef Mengele - fled to South America along 'ratlines' (escape routes). Shortly after Hitler's death, theories emerged that the he had actually escaped instead - perhaps through a tunnel, a flight to the Canary Islands and then aboard a submarine to South America. While the theories were initially largely dismissed, they were taken more seriously in 2009, when DNA tests showed the skull fragment that was thought to have belonged to Hitler, and was preserved in Moscow for decades, actually belonged to a woman between 20 and 40 years old. Baer calls this confusion 'one of those great mysteries in history that we'll never get a complete answer for.' Ex-spy Bob Baer says the official narrative of Hitler's death in Berlin has been called into question Ex-spy Bob Baer says the official narrative of Hitler's death in Berlin has been called into question The home of Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in San Fernando, a suburb of Buenos Aires, around the time of his capture in 1960 The home of Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in San Fernando, a suburb of Buenos Aires, around the time of his capture in 1960 Israeli spies captured Eichman in Argentina and took him for his trial and ultimately execution in Israel Israeli spies captured Eichman in Argentina and took him for his trial and ultimately execution in Israel This statue was among the finds in a house near Buenos Aries, where police discovered in 2017 the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history This statue was among the finds in a house near Buenos Aries, where police discovered in 2017 the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history