Why Did So Many German Officers Flee to Argentina after WW2?

Why Did So Many German Officers Flee to Argentina?
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Wiesenthal, Simon. (1989). Justice not Vengeance. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0802112781
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[@Knowledgia]

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[@themastema1189]

Actually a small correction, after the fall of Nazi Germany, Portugal with the treaty of england and after some ships and boats were bombed by the Germans in the portuguese arquipelagus Azores, Portugal contributed quite a bit to inprison nazis fleeing to Portugal, not known to the nazis, Portugal under Salazar's dictatorship DID allow jews and other minorities to flee and hide in the island of Madeira, this after the famous and courageous stunt of Aristides de Sousa Mendes the consul of Bordeaux to grant passports and safe passage between France to Portugal. Some mid-high ranking officers were caught and given to the their allies, England, others to France or kicked out of the country.

[@lukeklo]

Yo nazis kinda suck ngl

[@Crafty_Spirit]

@@themastema1189 Thanks for sharing that. I just posted a comment pointing out the inclusion of Switzerland in the Nazi-territory at 2:48 which is also incorrect.

[@rickamc3521]

What proof or sources can you provide that the Catholic Church helped the nazis escape?

[@themastema1189]

@@Crafty_Spirit Oh mate you're most welcome, a fun fact: Oskar Schindler helped hundreds if not a couple of thousand if my memory serves me right, however many but many many more including german officers, politicians like Albert Göring (the brother obviously), actors etc. helped as well, and as I said Aristitdes de Sousa Mendes helped several thousands to cross the border to Spain heading to Portugal, many, many jews and their children and children's chidren live in the Portuguese islands since then, technically Portugal in terms of warfare WAS neutral but helped more than most of the allies to save jews, well because Europe was under ocupation sure but yeah.

[@chevster9772]

Never ask a man his salary. A woman her age. An Argentine his abuelito's SS rank.

[@sarahdavis8131]

I- damn

[@thiccler1127]

Gotta say ... you ... I like you ... you are funny

[@katzumihanzo5471]

Hahhahahaha, that’s a good one

[@charliemunk2947]

They ran, to cowardly to stand up for what they did. So they hid, they ran scared. Thank god they were bombed into total submissions. The Germans today are a great people, they are tolerant of others, and once again, on top of the world. They are now a giving charitable people. They were great, then went bad, and now, are great again. People can change... I think this is very fair??

[@charliemunk2947]

@BurrowingBunny well, I do not know much about Germany today, to be honest with you.

[@cmd8718]

Because they heard there was an entire town for buenos airians.

[@FernandoVazquez-ro1nw]

Lol

[@frashe5533]

they are called "bonaerenses" xd

[@north7764]

Waiting for someone to not get it...

[@charlesandrews2360]

@@north7764 the misspelling of Aryan might confuse a few.

[@cacarotogod6695]

Jajaja

[@Cour807]

And not just the geography. It was actually the climate. The majority settled in Bariloche, a place with all the German characteristics of the German and Austrian population that lived in the 19th century. The climate of the Andes and its landscapes were practically identical to those of the Swiss Alps.

[@rich495]

It’s really worrying that any sane country would welcome child killing Nazis

[@charlielaudico3523]

I live in Ecuador now, heading to Patagonia next week

[@allanalmeida6710]

The geographic studies inclued climate themes

[@charlielaudico3523]

Plus the Germans fleeing the country because of possible war crimes !

[@Solitude47152]

That’s quite something, are you free Argentina?

[@katiecoad266]

The history of German-Argentinian relations goes back to before German unification. Prussia ( pre German state) trained Argentina on modern war tactics in the 1800s. Argentina even uses the picklhalb (German spiked helmet ) in ceremonial March

[@tofertallman2512]

I have a 1906 Mauser Argentine (German rifle)

[@D.E.L.92]

I don't recall any time seeing pickhalb in Argentina. Never, never. About the relationship between argentina and Germany, Peron had fascist ideas and he were a military man. But all the other things are nonsense

[@horstbrunner1684]

It was Chile that used the spiked helmet

[@gustavotomasorsi3663]

Me, an Argentinian: Hey Grandpa, have you ever been in Germany? My Grandpa: nein

[@leobrz]

boludito

[@Random-us3yh]

[nervous sweat intensifies]

[@deanpd3402]

...nine times....?

[@myalt.yt.shorts.account]

@@deanpd3402 All Lives Matter

[@StrumVogel]

Lol

[@SembrandoElKaos]

I am Argentine and my grandfather was German. I think now I understand everything.

[@a.gallardo4321]

El apellido lo dice todo, igual hay bastantes alemanes del Volga

[@eliasquezada3001]

Exactly, I'm Argentine and my maternal grandfather was German

[@vigilyoung3732]

Do you want to immigrate to GERMANY

[@themaxterz0169]

@@eliasquezada3001 *_maternal grandfather_*

[@sladiusw5938]

@@themaxterz0169 What?

[@carloscollomps1552]

My grandfather was a reputed doctor and also a military officer in Paraguay and friends with then president Stroessner (German descendant). The president asked him to receive and work (signing recipes in some cases) with this german doctors that were living here, and also with a doctor who was living in Argentina and wanted to come to Paraguay regularly to do some business and work. This doctor coming from Argentina was as my grandfather called him, "José" Menguele, or as the allied called him "The angel of death". They worked together for some time in the 50's, "José" was selling some medical products. For his collaboration, José "awarded" my grandfather with a couple medals he had, one is an Iron Cross and the other is a medal given to the spanish volunteers in Russia. I still have the latter, while the former, sadly was given by my grandfather to Stroessner as a birthday present. José later went to Brazil and never came back here.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

I just saw that his som Rolf visited him, in the 80s was disgusted by him but did not turn him in..

[@strange_goat2371]

oh sh-t

[@anilakopali2320]

Very interesting!

[@racismisntanopinion2591]

same as Argentina, the US had a lot of interest to get german scientist to their country, also known as Operation Paperclip.

[@mrtiesthatbind]

The difference is the American government brought in scientists like Werner von Braun and the Argentinian government brought in criminals like Josef Mengele

[@Gussyboy06]

Imagine running into your old sergeant in Argentina while on vacation then you go down the road and find the captain as well

[@AA-nf5ns]

Imagine 😂

[@ironsyde8315]

What were you a Nazi?

[@swagman9751]

Why would you go to Argentina anyway 🤣🤣🤣

[@StereoStrings]

@@ironsyde8315 it's a joke

[@getmoney051]

You’re disgusting and corny as hell ?🤷🏾‍♂️

[@michaelrocks1529]

I don’t know why but when my Argentinian grandfather gets angry, he yells in German and gives a weird high-five that lingers.

[@yepitsme7237]

Lmao

[@raphaelprotti5536]

LOL

[@papertoye]

LOL

[@timothykelly628]

Yooo im crying

[@High_Altitude_Observer]

He also runs in circles in goose steps...?

[@LesliemSeely]

The Old Marine says: There was already lot of Germans in Argentina from the results of the first world war who had blended in with locals and they owned all types of businesses and they helped and aided the second world war Germans. Peron had went to different schools and ect. in Germany, the German high command were his heros.

[@SantiagoAriasEskapa]

Peron never been to Germany....He went to Italy...

[@glennstockley2197]

fuck yer marines...old and young

[@RJavierYepesDeV]

Great video. Quito-Ecuador 🇪🇨

[@dad2909]

Germany:*loses* German officers: *adios*

[@chiefyovany572]

Chow!

[@Doppel834]

Nein!

[@stung39]

arabs:"yallah

[@dheiyomain6775]

Im not winning dad....

[@shaori4917]

Underrated

[@diegoserrato4016]

My gf is from South America, is interested in World War II, and she also speaks a little German. Hmmm

[@kahlilsykies9139]

Probablemente ella es un racista en secreto.

[@Tony-hw2pw]

I’d watch her then fella she’d definitely need to have a close inspection !!! Just be careful if she asks to see your papers and tells you to have a shower 🚿😩☝️🤣

[@theephantom_psyko3313]

@@kahlilsykies9139 who gives a shit

[@kahlilsykies9139]

@@theephantom_psyko3313 I don't know. But nany people would. What's your problem with my comment? Judging by you're response, you sound like you might be one yourself.

[@baaz0759]

@@kahlilsykies9139 Si 😂

[@logeur]

Many german fleeing after the war ended up in Bolivia also. Try Klaus Barbie who was later captured and extradited to France. He changed his last name to Altmann. He lived in Bolivia over 30 years.

[@LastKing-pi8pt]

My grandfather was a German general who fled ... he died and let us all his stories and journals . He was Hitlers personal advisors

[@badda_boom8017]

What was his name?

[@cristinasousa1588]

You must be kidding.

[@goodnightmyprince6734]

​@@badda_boom8017 Göring

[@kyrshanlion1497]

Gobbels

[@kyrshanlion1497]

Himler

[@traderstuff6989]

My family were Jews who escaped the Holocaust, surprisingly, they all fled to Argentina, one of the only places who were allowing Jewish immigration. Imagine fleeing Nazis just to find more living around you after you fled.

[@sbakst]

Trader Stuff Yeah it sucks, but the Nazis couldn’t really do anything against jews in Argentina since they were in hiding after all.

[@vincentbhengu5168]

It must suck

[@Anglo_Browza]

Should of gone to Israel, cause all that trouble to get own state made then don’t go there ffs

[@sbakst]

Graham Hart Israel was very unstable in the beginning, that’s why so many jews choose to go to other places.

[@Bloodraven332]

@@sbakst plus it wasn't a country yet

[@juancruzafonso2681]

I'm Argentine, and my girlfriend has blond hair, blue eyes, German descent and her surname is Reich, I think now I understand everything

[@Sagarock]

Run dude

[@Rick16.7]

Yo still dating her ?

[@juancruzafonso2681]

@@Rick16.7 Yep

[@Rick16.7]

@@juancruzafonso2681 good for you but be careful lol. Also, my dad is argentine and he is praying for Argentina to be glorious on economy

[@juancruzafonso2681]

@@Rick16.7 That’s almost impossible, because of the politicians

[@SmellyMellyization]

Great video!

[@audiolivroscomdoen6883]

Thanks to you. Good job.

[@caberfeigh396]

I met a guy many years ago in Indonesia, he was from Uruguay, first name Manfred, blonde hair blue eyes. I found out later he was the nephew of Klaus Barbi “the butcher of Lyon”. Manfred’s father went to Uruguay from Germany at the end of WW2 and was a lecturer in a university there.

[@maverick8045]

Wow. *Che Guevara stumbles*

[@smartsthemiddlename6296]

No way

[@sasquatchhunter86]

Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile have populations that are mostly Italian, Spanish, or French descent. Germans (mainly Catholics) immigrated to Latin America in large numbers as soon as they were independent from Spain.

[@efxnews4776]

@@sasquatchhunter86 Funny, Brazil still have a bigger white population than this countries in raw numbers...

[@sasquatchhunter86]

@@efxnews4776 Brazil has a population 3x the size of those three countries combined too

[@Danilium]

The Minister of Agriculture of the Nazis was a German born in Argentina

[@MusaMansu]

That’s interesting. I never knew that.

[@koningbolo4700]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Walther_Darr%C3%A9

[@danelirimescu6832]

I thought careful were I would take refuge in case of a catradyphy ! Africa ? No. Asia ? No. Maybe Australia but definitely south America. As a city burned Aires I am a fan of river plate anyway As a country. Uruguay

[@nenaradicevic8079]

From 1920 Germans are in Argentina. Chille Paraguay epicenter of Germans Patagonia

[@biliminsrlar5752]

420 like I don't wanna ruin this.

[@arthurwagar88]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@polcaltieri]

Germans went to Argentina because it was closer to German military base in Antarctica. The same base US Navy tried to destroy at the end of 50s or 60s and they were defeated by "strange" objects according to the American General who was in charge of that operation.

[@Naderium]

Never ask a man his job A woman her age And a Argentinian why their grandpa is German Edit: Zoey mama

[@Nighttimeqt1]

Bro My grandpa was German, Joseph gette. Lol

[@alphabogeyman7462]

@Desquicio grandpa was probably a nazi.

[@CoolzerYT]

copied the top comment

[@bradleyjohnson3068]

@desquicio if your from Argentina and your GF emigrated in the 30s, he may have went there to escape the Nazi's who were just coming into power or to build a better life. The German economy was horrible during those times. Many germans left the country to find a better life elsewhere.

[@mauro6545]

@@naveenquispe4358 the majority of Argentinians are from European ancestry (between a 85/90% of the population)

[@christianruiz5390]

Germany loses the war SS Officers: *grande Dieguito Maradona papa*

[@shaquilleoatmeal1048]

Maradoña*

[@1111wun]

Shaquille Oatmeal quien te conoce papá?

[@alejoroman6898]

Ni existía Maradona boludon

[@luciano262]

@@alejoroman6898 Es una broma pendejo gil. Tené gracia.

[@TheLastApplePie]

Translation plis

[@helensalvia54]

Fascinating, very well done

[@Jayce1701]

Love your videos. Thank you for putting this together, I always wondered why the Germans **specifically** chose Argentina and not elsewhere, and this video answered that PERFECTLY!

[@vaderthelegit628]

Wait, does that mean my argentinian grandpa isn't an electrician?

[@Holy_2894]

Hol' up

[@chitzz]

Hahaha good one

[@samsunguser3148]

Uh oh

[@Holy_2894]

@@samsunguser3148 stinky....

[@Nothing-ui7pj]

Oh..

[@rome316ae3]

I am an Argentine painter . My great grandfather was a austrian-german. On may 2 1945 he escaped to Argentina and settled there for almost 30 years . He died in Argentina at 1975

[@nido.del.aguila2667]

Hahaha lemme guess his spouse was eva braun??

[@Darth8304]

@@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

[@italianalcapone]

@@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

[@TitaniumSteelGreatest]

@@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

[@noahninetyone]

@@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

[@fabiangroom3228]

As an ex South African what I do know is that the old South West Africa, today known as Namibia, was also an ally of the Germans. The plan was probably to use the region as a port if they were to win the war.

[@dreamer40]

And of course, Namibia was a German colony before WWI.

[@Shenalan888]

Thank you!

[@robertcabrera3989]

I was born in Argentina. Growing up in Buenos Aires, there was German neighbor who delighted in showing us kids his WWll military uniform.

[@Tammy166]

Robert Cabrera Yikes! 😳

[@1yosef561]

Was it a Wehrmacht or SS uniform and was he a officer or enlisted? Please let me know all information!!

[@robertcabrera3989]

Regarding the uniform I do not much recall details other than being well pressed. I was around 11 or 12 years old.

[@sharr630]

I believe it.

[@VytoneJr]

What color was the uniform?

[@dc10fomin65]

My father was Russian, my mom German, they met in Austria after WW2, wanted to come to the USA then but had to wait a long time, they wanted to get the hell away from Europe quickly so they went to Brazil, where I was born, now I am 71 years old and been living in Chicago since 1961, this report is quite true. Also, one of the main reasons why Germans went to Argentina was because the climate there is very similar to the climate in Germany, unlike other northern S. American countries as Brazil, which is mostly tropical.

[@dinar7082]

Wow your story is really interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@RonnieRawdawg]

@@dinar7082 more of a paragraph than a story

[@carjockey2135]

thank you for sharing

[@todd7383]

U sound younger mijo

[@gme213la2]

How are things in Europe now?

[@bantuandproud8456]

Strangely with my curiosity, this is a question I always asked myself and accidentally I came across your video.

[@ivanhicks887]

Thankyou for your excellent coverage of the World Condition -- It is good to hear The Truth

[@juanojeda8870]

Argentinian kid: "Hey, grandpa. Why do you always act so cold and nervous with my jewish friend?" Grandpa: "It's... complicated"

[@adude8424]

"It's more of a personal thing"

[@messianic_scam]

no

[@Jade-hl2cf]

Don’t

[@howtobeamess402]

Maybe he’s of German descent or maybe he’s of Arab descent those are the 2 reasons that make sense

[@rickmorgan1441]

'' because i'm indoctrinated with propaganda about him''

[@mihailojovicevic5576]

To save you couple of minutes they had friendly government in Argentina

[@karwan6385]

Thanks it saved me 10 minutes.

[@mihailojovicevic5576]

*sorry for lowering your watch time *

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

And it was physically as far away as they could get from Europe. Argentina was the perfect combination for them: a Nazi-friendly gov't and geographical isolation.

[@mihailojovicevic5576]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 True,far from Alies

[@muchentuchen6592]

@@mihailojovicevic5576 did Argentina adopt an anti semitic ideology like the nazis? Did the jews suffer any type of persecution there?

[@coleoxley8198]

Thanks! From Red Ox Distillery

[@Fogaata]

Thanks!

[@Bcap222]

I'm from Argentina and I actually met the grandaughter of Eichmann on college. Yeah and she specialized on german philosophy, seriously

[@AZ-rg3rf]

once a nazi, always a nazi.

[@cambyses1529]

If she grew up in Argentina, that would be her country and she should have those values. It must be difficult to understand why your ancestor thought so differently, I can understand why she wanted to explore that.

[@jonathonruane5060]

@@AZ-rg3rf What are you raving about?

[@parthvashisht528]

@@AZ-rg3rf You do realize most of the greatest philosophers after the Renaissance were Germans. Kant, Marx, Engels, Hegel, Habarmass. Most of the world you see today, minus the Nazis are also influenced by German philosophers.

[@michaelrodriguez3329]

Can you imagine ?...the thoughts that went thru her head . Knowing who her grandfather was .

[@rml1919]

Wasn't Argentina where magneto caught those Nazis in X-Men first class? Lol

[@mekaniklboltmb4880]

Yep in villa gesell (but it isn't in a mountain region villa gesell is on the coast)

[@efxnews4776]

Yep.

[@Fudo857]

Yeah, but villa Gesell it isn't like the movie lmao

[@mekaniklboltmb4880]

@@wiinteerrr Villa *Gesell*

[@newbiechu7024]

@@mekaniklboltmb4880 shut up you imperialist bastard!

[@myentertainment55]

It is true that you said in the beginning. My Soviet friend once told me story how how his grandpa fought Nazi and their collaborators in West Ukraine for many years after war ended. There were plenty of Nazis hiding in Europe as well.

[@bibekdas7449]

Nice vid

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

"Hey Grandpa, will you take me on holiday to Germany?" "You're on your own kid"

[@mail-lifts2058]

😂😂

[@sathishM98845]

😂😂😂

[@awesome_barabado]

😂😂😂😂

[@resonidk]

😂 😂😂😂😂

[@AHandful]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@raulosorio1781]

It's important to remember that the U.S also allowed some scientist and spies from Germany to come to the US to help them against the USSR.

[@jimlibor4363]

Operation paperclip I believe thousands came here

[@referty0692]

@@jimlibor4363 That is likely, i mean, 30% of US citizens caim german heritage Edit: claim*

[@jerryc.6932]

Werner VonBraun (spelling?) Most famous German Scientist helped the USA with Fat Man and Little Boy. Operation Paper Clip only insured safe passage for him and the like.

[@LG-jm1io]

Not allowed. They brought them by force. Nazi engineer Werner von Braun was made NASAs director for 41 years.

[@LG-jm1io]

@@referty0692 Only those Germans migrated to America in the 18-19 centuries not from the Nazi Germany. Look up some 5-th grade history.

[@omessiasdogol]

My great-grandfather was an immigrant from Russia. He was a Volga-German and, with his brothers, came to the Americas fleeing as many others looking out a new life. My great-grandfather ended up in the south of the province of Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, his brothers went northwards (it could be the province of Entre Ríos or even Southern Brazil, where there's a great German influence in those areas. I might find a distant uncle, cousin or nephew, who knows?)

[@blitzkriegchile5823]

More Jewish lies of the JEWISH Republic of JEWLANDIA arGAYtina 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@omessiasdogol]

​@@blitzkriegchile5823You mong

[@Zhentarim]

My great-grandfather fled Germany before the first war to Brazil, today the second largest place with German descendants living outside Germany, third being Argentina. This is the case for several other Europeans because the country they went to would gain qualified labor and the person would transform their few euros into a small fortune and a new opportunity on the new continent, even before the war. Unfortunately for my grandfather it didn't work out very well, because he did the three things that a German couldn't do during the war, drink, speak German and talk about politics, he then had to flee and lost the property he had in the interior, and he had to move with his family to work on the farm, but it was still better than the Japanese in São Paulo who had to go to concentration camps.

[@blitzkriegchile5823]

Jews in Afro JEWLANDIA BrazilGAY are not German 😂😂 You declared war on Germany in WW1,bon Hitler and Nazi Germany in WW2, arrested and extradicted alleged Nazi war criminals Stangl and Wagner and sank a U-boat...YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF GERMANY so 🤫

[@darthvader5558]

Argentinian kid : irritates neighbour Neighbour : starts yelling in German Argentinian kid : 😨😨😨😨😨😨

[@hefwxo2866]

😦😦😦😨😨😨😰😰😰😱😱😱

[@hosungryn9450]

naaah

[@ZidnieWimsky.]

Hahahahaha

[@haisee1671]

hast du den tod gewalt!!!!!

[@EricThe82]

Yelling? Or just casually talking? Can anyone tell the difference?

[@brianoc7926]

Very interesting. I always wondered why so many Germans ended up in South America, particularly Argentina.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Hand UFC Title Smart Bundesliga

[@thep4pgoat]

@@NazriB UFC what?!

[@gianni4453]

Escape..

[@robertramirez2076]

Escape prosecution, trial and execution!!!

[@arablumenfeld2994]

At that time Argentina was rich as the USA

[@ragnarlothbrock1379]

Respect 🇦🇷

[@troydgwyn6146]

This video seems to ignore that Brazil sided with the Allies early during the war. And that Mexico chose a path similar to the U.S. prior to their active involvement in the war. Mexico allowed their fighter pilots to serve with the Aztec Eagle Squadron in the Pacific Theater. Which was much like the Eagle Squadron of U.S. pilots in the air battle over Britain.

[@pablo_giustiniani]

Argentina has one of the largest jewish communities, imagine how many awkward some scenarios could have happened here

[@johnbalasa711]

Were you do not find Jews?

[@user-kc5yo9xk3v]

@@johnbalasa711 Most Asian countries?

[@faustogiorno2300]

@@johnbalasa711 Istarl

[@hosungryn9450]

esrail

[@efxnews4776]

you know why nazis need to play safe in south america? Because Brazil. Folks often forgot that Brazil fought alongside the allies in europe, and yes the same way Argentina has a lot of germans, so does the south of Brazil (in fact, even more germans...), but since Brazil wasn't one of their allies, thats the reason why nazis even in a place who accept them as they are, still need to play safe... They can't get the luxury of piss off the giant on the other side of the boarder, behaving like idiots... This is something that often happens in south america, is a good place to hide, but not to start build revolutions or trying to dominate the world plans.

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

The most positive result of WW2 is that it spread German brewing expertise all across South America. Most countries there have excellent beer.

[@enzoschacker]

Now the problem i think im the decend of a nazi

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

So what? You are not responsible for the deeds of your parents, Churchill wanted and encouraged the Second World War more than Hitler, because Germany was beating England in manufacturing. The Germans of the Nazi period gave us many inventions

[@simonh6371]

@@tomjeffersonwasright2288 Yep, like fanta, crystal meth, volkswagen, and rocket science. Okay maybe crystal meth wasn't one of their best inventions.

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Try the diesel engine, and modern steel technology.

[@simonh6371]

@@tomjeffersonwasright2288 Nah, Rudolf Diesel developed the diesel engine between 1893 and 1897 when Hitler was still a small boy, and Germany has played a consistent role in steel technology since the Middle Ages, developing the blast furnace,. Krupps is 400 years old, and Thyssen was founded in the 1860s before Germany unified. The German steel industry started to dominate in the late 19th century. If anything WW2 put a brake on r&d in the German & Austrian steel industries as they had to dedicate themselves to arms production, however since then both countries have developed numerous processes such as electro-slag remelting (Austria) and are leaders in modern steel technology.

[@ajx2956]

Very nice.

[@aharonmenasheyishaidanieli5507]

They came to Australia too......found one in Marrickville Sydney

[@1889michaelcraig]

There is also a pretty big Japanese community in Argentina.

[@basedfloppa3728]

@@sergiodemoura990 he never said it was the biggest,you gotta learn to read

[@basedfloppa3728]

@@sergiodemoura990 most japanese came before ww2 to south america and yes most japanese came to brazil firsta and then some decided to go south

[@cjroberts7022]

Peru. Hell peru even had a japanese pm

[@Deco_2k]

michael craig angentina take every body

[@sergiodemoura990]

@mera Who cares? I also didn't ask yours.

[@Hans_Niemand]

Good job using the correct Canada flag for the time!

[@TRXLLGE]

Wait, What?

[@syrianrefugee3350]

WindowsXP Gamer Dominion of Canada.

[@gonzaloplot3083]

Not so much for identifying where Paraguay is

[@captain-chair]

And the Only True Chinese Flag...

[@CaptHollister]

@Ulrich Esser A big word salad.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Try The One from the Other, an excellent Bernie Gunther novel, which features just this.

[@alvarcap8141]

This happened more than 80 years ago. The world was such a different place and Argentina was a new country with only over 100 yo. I dont know exactly how many officers came, but i would dare to say not many and the popu;ation knew nothing about it. Though Eichmann was found in capital city Buenos Aires, they all went to either the north (mengele), close to the paraguay-uruguay-brazil border or patagonia (priebke), which back then was nothing but wilderness. They all mantained a low key lifestyle in small german villages with not much interaction with locals. The german influence in Argentina is little to none with the exception of some wonderful little towns in the south that remain to this day fully immersed in the german culture

[@JonOmega-mf4dm]

What the hell German ancestry is 3rd most after Italian and Spanish check your facts first

[@drew295]

This video just feels like a constant repetition to get to 10 min..

[@darladrury76]

Because if you tell this crap enough it becomes true. Germany did not want slaughtered like the millions of Russian slavic people were by communist jews.

[@kevinproefrock4857]

Exactly! This sounds like a kid in English class trying to get his word count up on an essay.

[@GlennTheSadMarinersFan]

@@darladrury76 Germany killed millions. I see you don't care about them.

[@edwardji5570]

Glenn The Sad Mariners Fan But what about all those lives lost in ww1? And who was the one who started that? Serbia. But how about we blame Germany for for all those people that died, because we won and they lost right?

[@miguelquiroz2350]

Now that you pointed it out, it does feel repetitive.

[@InspiredFortunes]

Brazil's south states (close to Argentina) also have strong ties with germans to the point some cities were actually built to look like german towns. Gramado is one of them.

[@jjn6914]

Good call out. People should be questioning all those Brazilian models with German or Italian last names trying to pass off as pure Brazilians when they should say they're German/Italian-Brazilian.

[@cimar14]

@@jjn6914 Giselle Bundchen

[@Marvel66666]

Oktoberfestival of Blumenau in, Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is considered the biggest German beer festival in south Americas

[@donwild50]

It's not just Brazil and Argentina. Central Texas has German communities that date back to before the Mexican War and the Civil War. In the Hill Country, towns exist with names like Fredericksburg (after Frederick the Great), New Braunfels, Luckenbach, Henkhaus, Breslau, Weimar, Hochheim and Shiner. Restaurants serve traditional German food, multiple radio stations broadcast in German, Lutheran churches date back to the 1830's. There is a strong cultural bond with German states as they existed prior to the establishment of the German nation and long before the Nazis.

[@JonasPrudas]

@@jjn6914 There is no such thing as... pure. They are Brazillians final stop

[@doreenevans5945]

I think also the terrain was similar to Germany. You can ski in Argentina.

[@alanjaysoncuaycong4002]

Hi thanks

[@sweeboo2711]

Random Argentinian helped an old man crossed the road Old man: Danke Schoen

[@Fl4kFire]

How dqre u butcher my beautifull langaugr

[@linajurgensen4698]

Both of you are wrong lol it’s Dankeschön*

[@gamechanger8908]

Dank Shawn?

[@Manbear7678]

@@linajurgensen4698 You are technically wrong too, it's two separate words, but I say technically because I know how Germans love to combine words.

[@Martin_e_93]

Because we wanted them for their knowledge, to develop industries. Just as the americans started NASA with a nazi, and the soviets captured a lot of scientists for their objectives.

[@Leo1990XXI]

Bueno, veo que el plan no funcionó 😬.

[@kylephillips2386]

This is true my grandfather worked for NASA and had some very interesting photos

[@chrismontreuil2206]

Boring. How many times have we heard that over and over.

[@valeriucore4613]

the only reason for US being the strongest army and the best science department is that nazi still live inside US, they successfully hid in US and not in Argentina, and the nazi do their world expansion under a new flag. Nobody noticed, hehehe :)

[@gevorgvanarmenie9788]

@@chrismontreuil2206 your life is boring.

[@jimkennedy7050]

Always wondering about Bormann

[@tonya2646]

It’s because Argentina is close to the Arctic Circle. Within that region is one of the entrances to the inner earth and the area known as Neuschwabenland.

[@poolplexer]

If you want the short version of this video I will tell you. It's the only place they could go

[@jeffreyaudino7503]

Many of them went to the United States as well. (With the USA Government's arms wide open).🤷‍♂️

[@trumpameri1638]

@@jeffreyaudino7503 👏👏👏

[@kikeruiz539]

Central America also

[@JohnSmith-rk6jy]

Yup. Basically just said the same things over and over again.

[@jackierubinstein548]

many went to Bariloche which has a very similar weather and landscape as Germany

[@buechsenwurschd]

POW in Siberia or free in Argentina, easy choice :)

[@rageoftheredphoenix]

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇷

[@thebipolarbear1]

Lol definitely

[@Prodavac]

or trialed and executed

[@kleanovodust-bin69]

Adios.

[@denisthemenace.]

Correct

[@janusingh1104]

Plz add subtitles and.... Very thankful if you available ur all videos in hindi conversation

[@rubenoteiza9261]

In the South of Chile there are a lot of German immigrants and their descendants. There are even cities that seem to have been built in their entirety by Germans, like Puerto Varas, Valdivia, Osorno.

[@stalkinghorse883]

Your map of German controlled areas of Europe at the end of WW2 does not include Norway.

[@and3609]

And courland

[@buninparadise9476]

@@and3609 and a lot else....this video is a joke

[@AkakaDomenjer]

@@buninparadise9476 absolute crap. Correct

[@henrikhilskov]

@@buninparadise9476 yes a joke mixing a lot of different layouts. amateour.

[@Janinatorishere]

@@henrikhilskov maybe try to spell Amateur correctly before calling him one

[@Caocao8888]

When I first visited Argentina, coming from the Caribbean, my first question was, “Where are the Latinos?” Descendants of Germans and Italians were everywhere.

[@OGrandomunknownperson]

Hi

[@nikolausaepp9311]

"Latino" is a geographical term, not racial or ethnic. If born in Argentina, you are Hispanic and Latino, regardless of ancestry. If born in Brazil, you are Latino but not Hispanic. And if born in Surinam, you are neither Hispanic nor Latino.

[@nikolavideomaker]

Latinos? Are not latinos descendants of germans, italians, spanish? Why do people consider latinos a separate entity?

[@Caocao8888]

Latino is the commonly used word in spoken English in the U.S. Do you also grimace when we call ourselves Americans, instead of North Americans?

[@clemenx]

Argentinians are loud and extremely social which are very latino traits. Latino doesn't mean brown lol.

[@DMBall]

South America has been a refuge for criminals longer than this. For instance, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid lived on a ranch in Argentina for years, until they made the mistake of returning to crime.

[@Ibrahim-rx6pm]

Wanted to add this, Klaus Barbie, a Gestapo officer was recognized and didn't care. After Aldoloh Eichmann was taken by the Israelis a representative told the Nazi hunters if they took one more the Nazis would kill every Jew in Argentina. They didn't and South America, while embarrassed NEVER tried to return them to justice. Many wound up in Paraguay where as far as I know their descendants STILL have a place in the jungle that's been soveirgn German territory since before the end of the war.

[@sudoku1966]

In 1945, Argentina had the second highest standard of living in the world. This must have also been a consideration

[@martinxy1291]

And now, it's a shit hole........fuck me, I HAD TO BE BORN

[@jmchez]

@@martinxy1291 It's a complex subject but it all started with Peron's "National Socialist" (as in Nazi) policies. Nationalize industries and investments will decrease while government graft and corruption will rise. Inefficiencies will multiply almost exponentially, too. Think Cuba and Venezuela.

[@martinxy1291]

@@jmchez soo, any idea when this will get slightly better or just crumble down into anarchy?

[@ThomasJr]

Yes, but argentina went down a rabbit hole and never stopped falling. anymore.

[@ronitmehta1046]

@@martinxy1291 a open up economy let investment come and also remove tariffs and tax and make skill learning mandatory for all and allow huge investment to come it will repair the nation 🙄👍

[@VanillaMacaron551]

My Oma's husband was a Nazi officer, who was imprisoned during the war. Oma rode for hours on her bicycle each day to deliver food to him in his POW camp in Europe, food she bought from selling the family linen and silver. At the end of the war, they were told they could go to Argentina or Australia. They chose Australia because she said they'd never heard of Argentina. (Maybe this is because they were Hungarian, not German?) Oma and her husband divorced in Australia and I think she largely raised her three sons here on her own. Nazis would not have stood out in Australia post-war, as tens (hundreds?) of thousands of Europeans migrated here then. They provided much of the know-how and labour for one of Australia's biggest infrastructure projects - the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. Oma was not my blood relation as she was the grandma of my step brothers, but I often felt I was her favourite in our blended family in the 70s. She taught me to cook some of her traditional Hungarian recipes and I travelled with her in Germany in 1979, when she went back to visit her sister, who was trapped behind the Berlin Wall but allowed out a few weeks a year. Oma and her husband met Hitler and Mussolini at formal dinners, so I guess her husband was of some rank.

[@barbsmart7373]

Kia ora, What an interesting story. She sounds very nice. I am sorry I can't feel anything for her husband. I can't even sense that she was selling family items that were not actually stolen. But never mind my history, thanks for your great and open comment.

[@captnhuffy]

@@barbsmart7373 precisely!

[@johnmurdoch8534]

If true thats amazing. What stories he must have had.

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

Oma, is German for Granmar....

[@y_ffordd]

@@johnmurdoch8534 amazing stories about Hitler urinating himself during speeches and declaring war on the Albert Hall, which preserved his left testicle. If your into Hitler theres a video of Frost interviewing one of his henchmen, that should frill you.

[@glasshalffullofwhatever3106]

Basically cuz they already set up shop there long bfore the war ended. The Argentinian gov as well as movers and shakers were sympatetic to their cause at the time, and plenty of real estate to get lost or dissapear then. At the time also, the American gov assisted at times with this as to prevent the soviets from getting to them during cold war.

[@tonygreen6185]

Why? Because that’s the launch point for new schwabbenland in Antarctica. The Americans under admiral Byrd sent a fleet to Antarctica for scientific research purposes but with heavy weaponry and returned after some apparent “casualties” (project high jump 1947)

[@CarsAndCannabis]

My great grandfather was a German SS named adolpho. My grandma said that one day some men came and he left with them and never came back.

[@xxvvkx9312]

💔

[@eversirias7171]

They were probably Mossad agents who went to pick him up

[@jcgzey_3334]

@@xxvvkx9312 whats sad about that they killed so many innocent people and their ideology started ww2

[@RandomGuy9]

@dwh believe me. Most of them had a choice and weren't forced to commit those crimes.

[@choco_cornet9500]

He wasn't perhaps Adolpho Hilter?

[@donaldthegreat5809]

Soviets: We send a man to Space. USA: We send a man to the moon. Germany: Sure you did! ahhhhh.....

[@justaroot4315]

Lmao...true story

[@edh8900]

Lol, that's funny

[@whitecunt6903]

Very funny

[@rickastley5321]

All 4 people in top of me have brain cancer

[@rottanekru69]

Germany: We sent many men to Argentina.

[@xtxt9135]

There weren't a lot of alternative destinations for people in their category at that time.

[@jimwatson4513]

I'm so glad that most all of these monsters ,were cought and faced justice for their horrific crimes !!! 👍👍

[@nelsondendomo6687]

Is that why Argentinians sound like Italians when speaking Spanish 😂

[@Miolnir3]

yes.

[@martincito1662]

There are several accents within Argentina. So not all argentinians sound like italians

[@nelsondendomo6687]

Martincito Maybe I know but honestly most do, especially in Buenos Aires area😂Argentinians use A LOT of slang too

[@Lokitoh]

the 2 biggest immigrations in argentina where during the world wars. They say 3/4 of immigrants where from spain and 1/4 where from italy, and not too many from other places. So yeah, even if we speak spanish, the italian accent lives within our culture

[@Lokitoh]

@@nelsondendomo6687 Che boludo andá a cantarle a gardel

[@morecowbell235]

If you find the migration of Germans to Argentina interesting, I suggest checking out "Hunting Hitler". Not for the main story line that Hilter may have made it out of Germany, but to see all the huge amounts of infrastructure that Germany had built in South America, among other places. It's insane!

[@robertmoffit1135]

Ironic that people who believed in the aryan race fled to a Latin country

[@rafalkaminski6389]

The stake was high + germans are known by their persuit into perfection both in good or bad :)

[@cipmaster1]

@@robertmoffit1135 Argentina as they said, had a large German and Italian population, in Buenos Aires and many areas of Argentina indigenous or mestizos were basically nonexistent. Remember also that there view was not always about a white only country, but a white dominated country, like South Africa, the US and Argentina, and from those only Argentina would welcome them, so it was the best and only option.

[@samgyeopsal569]

@@robertmoffit1135 Germany and Italy were friends and Hitler obviously respected Rome.

[@IceManLikeGervin]

@@cipmaster1 Many came to the US as well ie Operation Paperclip. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959. Conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), it was largely carried out by special agents of the U.S. Army's Counterintelligence Corps (CIC). Many of these personnel were former members, and some were former leaders of the Nazi Party.

[@davidchase9424]

It was a safe/staging point before they moved on to the Antarctic base, Schwabin Land.

[@robinanderson2758]

I toured South America 15 years ago and when we arrived in Bariloche I was amazed it's looked just like a German/Austrian town and Yes! many many people had German names even the shop had German names and many dressed in those funny leather shorts and peaked hats with feathers, how strange. R.

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

Lederhosen.

[@jesucristobostero3287]

I'm argentinian, when I was child I kept my toys in a Nazi fuel barrel that my uncle found in an lake.

[@darrenhenderson6921]

@Thomas Panyi ha ha ha

[@moundhirmoundhirs6123]

Yeah sure he found 😂😂

[@moundhirmoundhirs6123]

Iz your uncle name hans or paul ?

[@schnoz2372]

What’s a Nazi fuel barrel? I’m unfamiliar with this concept.

[@patatasuper8565]

You just google german jerry can

[@alecowen1901]

lol was literally just thinking about this and wondering why Argentina was their choice. awesome upload, keep up the great content

[@nadaninguno1054]

The government and most people always supported the Nazi idea. Until today, it is more out of hatred of the United States and England, I clarify that it is not my opinion.

[@aromero385]

@@nadaninguno1054 Very simplistic my friend. In those years, nobody had a issue against The US....With Britain I Would say, yeah, a little concerning Farklank Islands or Malvinas Argentinas, and we may add all those shark loans the English used to make to Argentina's Elite Oligarch, so Argentina was perennely in debt.

[@Roca005]

ramiro martinez you are way off! The US was seen as the northern mirror of Argentina. Both rich countries made up of immigrants. There was no hatred for Great Britain. Many British citizens had immigrated to Argentina and some had married into the elite families of BsAs. The British immigrants had gone to construct and invest in the railways. And other infrastructure

[@majorshade8286]

Because 2 main factors All the countries surrounding the artic and Antarctica above and below the tropics of cancer and capricorn (meaning , temperate zones) are the regions that received the most European migration , most likely due to the climate . Also because most leaders in the southern cone were dictators and Nazi sympathizers Regions around the artic are 1) "Europe", Russia and Siberia 2) Canada, USA Regions around the Antartica 3) Southern Cone Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay , Southern Brazil 4) South Africa (remember Apartheid?) 5) Australia, New Zealand

[@yolamontalvan9502]

And to top it all up, Donald Trump the NAZIonalist, made The Radical Poorly Educated White Supremacist Republicans of the Master Race, Great Again.

[@bodyzoasispersonaltraining9186]

Patagonia and allnthe the southern coastal spots likely

[@DCFunBud]

I apreciate the use of flags as they existed at the end of the war, e.g. Canada and China. There was also a sizable British presence in Agentina before the war.

[@dametrosd6593]

Imagine: Your an Argentinian, which is attending your grandfathers funeral, and you inherit a cool and badass uniform in black, that matches with a visor cap with a skull design in it.

[@juanposada5171]

why imagine? that stuff happens a lot here lol, when my grandfather died my mom got a fully wehrmacht soldier uniform, my uncle got the best (a pristine and still working luger with a bunch of medals) - Argentina is filled with escaped WW2 german veterans

[@dametrosd6593]

it was meant to be a joke, but it is true

[@adude8424]

Skull logo? Damn never knew my grandpa used to work for a pesticide company. No wonder the uniform came with a gas mask

[@azwan4710]

The Punisher

[@Rover-gg8jj]

@@juanposada5171 stop lying bro

[@Tiago-xl8ug]

Not Argentinian but I am Bolivian. My great grandma was German, and apparently fled because of the war. Heritage and mixing in South America is pretty interesting

[@meyergaelle8108]

You can get a German passport if you have documents

[@Villosa64]

south america is a gene pool of all races

[@stephenmosquera6604]

I'm not from Argentina but I am Ecuadorian And my grandpa Is from Germany

[@Merry19ss]

En Ecuador igual todos los pueblos del sur de Ecuador son de origenes europeos desde Españoles,alemanes,Franceses 😊

[@ard52192]

I bet you got a few more patrons by now! Lol

[@ynkybomber]

Had a job interview with a company a few weeks back. My would be manager was a German Argentinian man. He had not made the connection at all and I did not want to slip on day and say something so I did not take the job.

[@CP1871]

"Oh Herr Hanz-...err I mean Senior Hanz, how are you doing today?"

[@axxlsgallery9136]

😰😰😰

[@bayanihanzm.8326]

im doing fine

[@bloatedblitz]

Me: hey mom, where was grandpa and grandma born? My mom: Deutschland

[@ninlog]

What

[@younggod4251]

@@ninlog "Deutschland" means "germany" in german

[@rkevic]

@@younggod4251 yup they have it in their passport as Deutschlan

[@catholicracialist776]

@@ninlog Are you dumb

[@gg-sr6ju]

Grandpa and grandpa, 🤔🤔🤔

[@amgluk]

Even back in the 30s, something connected Germany with South America more than with other countries. This can be seen at least from the passenger air transportation routes that were offered to travelers. The most popular background on advertising posters is the Andes.