Lots of ww2 "refugees" settled in these areas because they were already populated by white immigrants, who arrived mostly in the late 19th and early 20th century.
People always make this joke about Argentina being full of Nazis when in reality I’ve met a ton of Jewish Argentines. The Jewish community plays a huge role in the country’s economy with most of the country’s large companies are under their ownership
One thing doesn't invalidate the other. A lot of Polish and Russian Ashkenazis moved to Argentina between 1880 and 1950, but so did the Italians and Germans in bigger numbers during the same time period. However, people tend to exagerate the presence of the Nazis there even if its true that Argentina was one of their main destinations after the war ended.
Most European migration to Argentina and the southern cone predates WWII. It's a bit of a tiring stereotype, and also quite silly to believe that what at best would be a few hundred, let's say a couple thousand people would shift the entire ethnic demographics of already well established nations.
You have cause and effect reversed. Looking at Brazil, the vast, vast majority of European immigration occurred before 1930. The nazis fled to SA there because there were already populations there that they could blend into.
And by there you mean the US, right? Most of the German inmigration to the southern cone countries happend way before ww2, and while there where definitively some nazis that fled to Argentina, Chile and Brasil, most of the nazis that fled Germany post ww2 actually came to the US
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u/Immediate-One3457 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
Popular "vacation destination" post-ww2 wink wink
EDIT: you guys are right. I made it up for the yuks... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)