Argentina during that time is like the US now - such a promising country. People immigrate there in flock.
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highhomes1994@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Argentinian here… Most of the immigration here, like 85%, is Spanish and Italian (pre and post wars). My family came here before 1920, from different parts of Spain, like it happened in the US and many countries across the continent. That said, it’s true many nazis came here to hide after the war, some more hidden than others but most were not in Buenos Aires because they could be easily exposed. This happened also in Chile, Paraguay and Brazil. Why this happened? Probably contacts with the governments and even today South America has almost zero immigration control, nazi or not. Another less known fact is that Argentina has one of the biggest Jewish communities. You can Google it 😊
boyi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Actually, America currently has a refugee crisis of people who want to leave
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Wasn’t there already a German population before WW2 because there is a small patch in Argentina with similar climate to Germany?
highhomes1994@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, absolutely. In the second census (1895), 25% of the population was immigrants, mainly Spanish and Italian, but from other parts of Europe as well. Argentina is a large country with a lot of different landscapes, weather, etc. and back then it was promising. Also immigrants were not looking for a perfect place, just a place to raise their families with better conditions than the ones they had in Europe at the time
warmaster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That small patch is bigger than Germany. 🤣
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Yes, you are right. I only had Cfb (Temperate oceanic) in mind, which is indeed quite small. But there is also a lot bigger area covered by Cfa (Humid subtropical). And both together are indeed more than twice as large as Germany.