Why Germans Fled to South America After WW2 | Animated History

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Sources:
"Latin America" Max Planck Society, www.mpg.de/brasilien.
Goñi, Uki. The Real Odessa: How Perón Brought the Nazi War Criminals to Argentina (United Kingdom: Granta Books, 2022).
Levenda, Peter. Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler (United States: Nicolas-Hays, Incorporated, 2012).
Stahl, Daniel. Hunt for Nazis: South America's Dictatorships and the Prosecution of Nazi Crimes (Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 2018).
Steinacher, Gerald. Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice (United Kingdom: OUP Oxford, 2012).
Tock, David. “German Immigration and Adaptation to Latin America” PhD diss., (Liberty University, 1994)
Walters, Guy. Hunting Evil: How the Nazi War Criminals Escaped and the Hunt to Bring Them to Justice (United Kingdom: Bantam Press, 2009)
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[@AliAbbas_2009]

please uniform video

[@Gemoron]

can you rename the video to imply national socialists fled to south america? not Germans in general

[@greatgrungustwo904]

that thumbnail tho

[@doctorwoah9672]

Hey, in the minute 8:26 you put the face of the Argentine dictator Videla, not the chilean one of the same lastname, they were not related, nice video though.

[@jes3d]

no

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Griffin finding out about Wojaks existing is by far both the biggest failure and success of this community

[@vincekhauv4413]

Him and Extra History have been making rounds with them 😔

[@tigerabraham5582]

When I ask my Argentinian grandfather if he was electrician because he has a helmet with 2 lightning bolts but he says Nein💀

[@neatdoggos5937]

Im sorry but who?

[@IrishCatholic_]

Another meme ruined by normies.

[@neatdoggos5937]

@@IrishCatholic_ no im serious who is wojak?

[@Goober_80]

The guy who makes the thumbnails for these videos deserves a raise and promotion.

[@D_cell_battery]

Yeah ja

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

2:30 if only general Lee woulda been held to the Yamashita standard which the Usa held Japan and Germany

[@D_cell_battery]

@@franciscoacevedo3036 rain

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261]

@@franciscoacevedo3036rain

[@RT-PD]

@@franciscoacevedo3036rain

[@crosher1]

They always talk about how the Nazis went to South America or Argentina but they always forget that a large part of them went to the USA and the Soviet Union.

[@Anselmer_]

Yeah but the fact that any of them escaped due to US or British tax money should be more well known.

[@Arrows_Of_Doom]

And as a result we benefited immensely through Operation Paperclip.

[@mikloridden8276]

@@Arrows_Of_DoomI wonder why they couldn’t just execute those war criminals after taking all their knowledge. Was it that hard to play nice temporarily?

[@googane7755]

​​​@@mikloridden8276Then the other war criminals find out and none of them will cooperate. Plus the US, UK cared more about anti-communism than punishing war criminals. Also knowledge involving jets, rockets and nuclear technology are not something that's easily learnt and you need those specialised individuals working on it for decades.

[@mikloridden8276]

@@googane7755 I get that but a lot of those guys ended up just retiring and not touching anything. Would have been cool if they just disappeared them during those times for Justice sakes.

[@scottanno8861]

My brazilian grandpa was an electrician during ww2. He even had a helmet with lightning bolts on it!

[@Kumimono]

Two lightning bolts? Means he was an expert in both AC and DC. Skilled man. :)

[@choopy8493]

Bah guri tche

[@German_Empire_Enjoyer]

💀💀💀

[@milkenthusiast.3486]

@@German_Empire_Enjoyernot the Kaiser

[@parrotconservative]

😂

[@EzequielMinsburg]

One correction: the general used to represent Chile in 8:25 is actually an Argentine dictator, Jorge Rafael Videla, one of our most infamous dictators

[@bengamerlsyolo6788]

Chilean here, can confirm

[@MrBao-yt7bk]

If they have a Videla portrait, then dirty war video confirmed😳😳😳???

[@Pucaramodels]

​@@MrBao-yt7bkprobably re-used from malvinas video (?)

[@embreis2257]

8:58 another correction: the word the graphics guy wanted to write is _Gesellschaft_ (as in 'society') and not Gesselschaft

[@bengamerlsyolo6788]

@@Pucaramodels No. The President they were probably searching for wad Gabriel Gonzales *Videla* someone must've gotten their reaserch slightly off

[@gabithefurry]

As a brazilian, I remember having a history class at 8th grade about ww2, and my teacher taught us about Mengele, and all the crimes he committed and was never punished for. That was for sure a very painful class to have, but a very necessary one imo

[@yamataichul]

I'm glad he didn't keep it to himself and even educate classes of people about such horror

[@zanesc01]

I still remember reading mengele's Wikipedia Page thinking about it as the history of the far away european continent, as customary for anyone in the New World basically. Then I was shocked to read he died in fucking BERTIOGA, a beach town in my state where I've been to multiple times

[@gabithefurry]

@@zanesc01 crazy to think the worst monsters in human history escaped uncharged for their actions, living free while not even feeling any remorse for the piles of corpses they left behind

[@leighbelk769]

@@gabithefurryAt the very least, Mengele had a pretty horrific death by drowning. Shiro Isshi got to live peacefully and died surrounded by his family when he took so many people away from theirs.

[@isaaclobo7311]

Eu lembro de ter lido um artigo na Superinteressante há uns 10 anos sobre ele também Deveria ter morrido mt mais devagar do que morreu

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

As someone who gose to Mexico every other summer. It’s a great place to get away from it all. Especially rural towns. Latin America is definitely a great place to flee into hiding.

[@EduardoEscarez]

The thing with Argentina/Brasil/Chile is that previous immigration waves made even easier to hide in cities though the integration of their culture in the local one, and also climate is quite similar in the southern regions, like in the cities around Llanquihue lake in Chile that almost looks like as if it were in Germany; so they could even speak in German without raising suspicions.

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

@@EduardoEscarez neat.

[@lettuceman9439]

Revolutionary mexico is actually a interesting subject given how it was deadly against almost every radical movement and was extremely left leaning (at the time). Harboring trotsky and aiding the republicans in the spanish civil war must have deterred war criminals of the funny austrian very very cautious.

[@sanexpreso2944]

We are talking about the southern cone, I don't think anyone wants to hide in Mexico knowing that they have the side to the country with more larger espionage organizations.

[@delarkaBCN]

​@@lettuceman9439 the only ones with the cojones to see Franco for what it was. A fascist dictador and part of the fuckin axxis.

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

everybody gangsta till your Argentinian grandpa start's speaking fluent German

[@tuff9486]

People must also remember that the vast majority of Germans and Italians who came to South America, came before the war. This is why the Nations where sympathetic to these nations. Since they already had a large diaspora of those cultures

[@anjalE30]

No no no Ppl better research history and pay attention Germany and the Italians and the CARTELS have been in business together for MANY YEARS!!! The Italian mafias run and own almost everything...as well as GERMANY!!! And this has been since ancient times.... the holy Roman empire

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Truth.

[@EduardoAMarques]

Yes, the Germans started to arrive around 1820s and the Italians on 1870s… way before the wars.

[@SuperCatacata]

Yeah, that's why my grandpa has an SS uniform ☺

[@orphancharmander1168]

Yeah, and people have been fleeing to these nations ever since, from there wrongdoings 🧐👍🏻 You should have shot them, on the border, but Indians have always been weak to pale hight males ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿

[@HeisenbergFam]

Biggest plot twist would be if it turned out Austrian Painter survived WW2 and his family is looking to regain power yet again

[@indianajones4321]

As an angry mustache model in Argentina

[@MrHel-hf3nk]

I see you everywhere

[@kingofcards9516]

Is this a reference to something?

[@darksidedelta]

@HeisenbergFam No ! But his reincarnation will.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

Hitler has no children of his own. He only has one sister that died unmarried and childless. His one nephew (that we know of) enlisted in the US Navy around 1942 so that is a dead end...

[@superpacocaalado7215]

Mengele lived for years in a mud brick house in a very poor neighborhood in the state of São Paulo, people said that he never talked to anybody, only when he went to the closest bakery to buy food. It is also believed that he traveled once to the city of Cândido Godói in Southern Brazil, the city is famous for being the place with the biggest amount of twins in the world.

[@ninab.4540]

Say the real reason. He had a job as a doctor and performed abortions. And not the good kind. The kind he performed cause he really missed the war. Wouldn't be surprised if some mothers died under his care (and obviously didn't know who he was) Gisella Perl he was never.

[@loganicfilms1388]

Oh that’s just swell.

[@mr.shadow8812]

My great grandfather was german and apparently fled during the war (according to my grandma) to Colombia where I am from. I never was told if he was actually escaping the conflict or the loss…

[@monsterx3055]

it was the loss

[@tekuaniaakab2050]

The role of Latin America in WW2 often gets overlooked. Great vid

[@mongoose6685]

"In"?

[@ashthepersonlol]

​@@mongoose6685?

[@orphancharmander1168]

They funded the NAZISTS 👍🏻🇩🇰❤️

[@nothing-mm8ui]

My Argentinian grandfathers work uniform has lightning bolts on it. Guess he was a really good electrician! Still wondering what the red flag in his attic is for though.

[@titanlord9267]

He might have been a gas worker. A hindu gasworker. A hindu gasworker who somehow has lopsided vision

[@willfakaroni5808]

Plot Twist: His grandfather was just an Argentinian Neo-Nazi not a real nazi

[@beetlebg3759]

@@titanlord9267Wait hold on? Why you said Hindu gasworker? That symbol was stolen by the Nazis from India.

[@shadowgod1009]

@@beetlebg3759 Isn't Hindu an Indian religion though?

[@beetlebg3759]

@@shadowgod1009 Yeah like that’s what it is and I was wondering why he did that because it might offend a lot of people.

[@belegthoron8603]

German inmigration and influence in Chile was already strong by late XIX century (For example, the Armed Forces were reformed and influenced by prussian military traditions). A great part of Chile's society admired german culture.This was one of the reasons why Chile mantained its neutrality for so long and only declared war on Japan in 1945, but not against Germany or Italy. German colonies already existed in Chile, especially in the southern regions, and some german-chileans even fought in the war (like Peter Adolf Caesar Hansen). Therebefore, Chile was a good place for nazis to escape and settle.

[@thicctony6236]

Use real numbers like a normal person

[@belegthoron8603]

@@thicctony6236 What do you mean?

[@Finduszip12]

​@@belegthoron8603 this you 🤓

[@belegthoron8603]

@@Finduszip12 why?

[@randomyankee8923]

@@Finduszip12 Arabic numerals are cringe, embrace chad roman numerals

[@thecomradetrotsky]

As a Brazilian with a German family I'm proud That they came from the HRE and Luxembourg in 1862

[@TheBearInTheChair]

I got family down there, too. Never do I miss the chance to tell people about my grandfather being in ww2 or about my Argentine relatives.... He earned the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Ramagen, and part of us left for there after participating in The Hungarian War of Independence (1848-1849).

[@mandiocatostada3859]

😮‍💨

[@JeSuisPasLui2407]

Come for the thumbnail, stay for the content

[@Rn.Sq.Kn.]

The thumbnail is literally fanservice for history nerds like us

[@thenewongoam2486]

In Chile there was a German Commune known as Colonia Dignidad whose leader was a Former Nazi who fled Germany Outside was Normal but Inside was a Torture Chamber for Pinochet Secret Police.

[@willfakaroni5808]

Wasn't there leader also a child rapist?

[@ninab.4540]

What's with dictators and their love for war criminals

[@smoothjazz2143]

"former" nazi

[@AbstractHistory01]

Cheers from Chile! I have been watching your channel for years, It's amazing to see how it has evolved.

[@coolguy...]

I must say it, I love all of your content. All from the roman wars, to the russo-ukrainian conflict. The time and effort you and your team put in to these videos is amazing, keep it up❤

[@IrishCatholic_]

His videos are quite biased and misguided., IMO

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

2:30 if only general Lee woulda been held to the Yamashita standard which the USA held Japan and Germany

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

​@@IrishCatholic_you wouldn't have said a word if the video was filled with stuff you only agree with. People only complain about bias when it's stuff they don't like. The guys at Armchair try their best to be impartial, but it's very hard to do so when talking about Nazis.

[@captaincole4511]

That thumbnail lol. Love your stuff!

[@annoyedbrox4851]

Yet another masterpiece by the armchair historian team. Love your work

[@joshlesure3196]

Excellently informative video about a topic I knew little about! Awesome job, Griffin!

[@ctnke]

i showed this video to my argentinian grandfather he started doing these arm raises. I’m just so glad that he’s getting some arm exercise

[@Etwhtwhethsh]

That thumbnail tho 😂😂😂

[@SamTaylor-vl8hi]

Great video as usual but as a long time viewer I’ve noticed you guys are really focused on the Second World War and the most popular content you can think of. I understand those get more views but I hope you guys know you have a loyal viewer base that will support whatever you want to do. Keep it up guys👍

[@Nomadith]

Agreed, I'd love some more German unification, Northern War etc - basically 1700-1800

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

2:30 if only general Lee woulda been held to the Yamashita standard which the USA held Japan and Germany

[@WellBattle6]

@@franciscoacevedo3036 Civil war is different from wars between countries. Plus the Confederates received a conditional surrender which legally protected them from treason convictions. Otherwise, the civil war would have lasted longer.

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

@@WellBattle6 so you wanted the United States to comply with a treaty??? The same country who tore up hundreds of native land treatises, the German empire conditional surrender, the 40 acres and a mule, the Cherokee representative in Congress??? All promises BROKEN. Not to mention that those British taxes taught in school were a result of the USA provoking the 7 years w4r after CONTINUOUSLY disregarding the British authorities and settling into native land. No, brother those W4R Cr8mln4ls shoulda been hog tied dragged through the dirt they whipped millions of black 🖤 people court marshalled in west point and húng. Those mofos are indeed a public nuisance that's the reasoning USA wanted to eradicated nassies from Germany. And btw the civil war is STILL dragging on socially. You got a good amount of the country h4ting on Kaepernick while elevating these monsters to school names busts statues military bases. If this country was Germany we would be elevating the Austrian failed artist while h4ting on Ann Frank

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Mainly just because wwii has the biggest scale and the most detailed records

[@Ictorman]

Congrats on 2M, keep up the good work

[@diegoontour]

Love your content, it's so well researched. Thanks for making a video about LATAM again. Greetings from Chile! 🇨🇱

[@brysonbennett1561]

The quality on your new vids is insane.

[@jimc.goodfellas226]

That thumbnail is freakin amazing

[@Latin_American_Economic]

I always wondered about this so thank you for sharing. It's a wonderful thing to do so thank you.. I personally appreciate it.

[@outofideas9985]

I love the videos, they only go up in quality! ❤

[@notdancooper923]

It makes me a little bit happy knowing that Mengele died in such a terrifying way - slipping underwater as he's unable to will his muscles to pull him to the surface, being fully aware of his fate

[@mide8845]

Should have been worse

[@philippeszwarcbart6507]

It’s been rumored that he was assassinated and made to look like he drowned.

[@roomyhaddock3245]

@@philippeszwarcbart6507Whether that's true or not, his afterlife would have still been the same, in Hell

[@philippeszwarcbart6507]

@@roomyhaddock3245 100% he’s in hell. However there is something comforting about the rumor that Mossad may have had the last laugh and gotten justice by delivering him to hell.

[@calculatedrage2819]

It was still too good for him but too each their own.

[@julianputnam8290]

They also went to NASA

[@emiliopenayo4738]

Way more germans went to the usa, the feds love nazis.

[@Meh-hr7gq]

True….

[@kingofthorns203]

Thanks for this video. It was super insightful.

[@OSCARESCAPA]

I grew up in Peru and my best friend from high school has a german last name. He told me his family from the mothers side were germans that came to the Peruvian amazon just one generation ago. He told me stories about his uncle living in the jungle and being a crazy man. Now living in Peru as a child I didnt know enough about world history to connect the dots, but now that Im an adult living the US I realize that probably my best friends family were nazis that left Germany after the war. I havent seen him in years but next time I see him I will sure tell him "dude your family were nazis that left after ther war" lol we will probably have a good laugh about it... I want to add that my friend and his mom are probably the nicest and most caring people I have met in my life. His mom was a nice caring woman that dedicated her entire life to raise her children, when I was already an adult she once told me a very caring and heartfelt story about how my friends father had raised him. So there you go for being the descendants of people who the world have demonized in history, never judge people you havent met.

[@TheMCCraftingTable]

I think the animators did a particularly good job on this video, especially with animating the eyes.

[@joem4939]

Surprised you never mentioned Martin Bormann since he’s the only one of Hitler’s close staff that has a debated escape story to Paraguay. Historians lean on the side of him being shot outside the train station in Berlin’s Government District, but there are some things that contradict that.

[@SomeHarbourBastard]

It was used as a joke in _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_ (1971). When they announce the false fifth winner on the telly, the Paraguayan casino mogul, they bring up his picture, and it’s an old portrait of Bormann with the insignias all airbrushed off.

[@christycullen2355]

Watch Dr Mark Feltons videos on it. They believe he was killed in Berlin. According to Dr Felton at least and he's an expert on it

[@alicewonder5620]

Good video overall, but I found the ticking in the background at some points a bit distracting. I don't know if it's just the way my earbuds are balanced, but the ticking felt pretty loud and disruptive

[@user-qm7hb8nx3c]

What a stunning animation!

[@RingManofChaos]

The thumbnail is amazing

[@gregimage3041]

Such incredible content as always

[@legendmotionman4964]

freaking love the thumbnail and the refrence dude

[@PANZER-FAUST216]

Hell nah that thumbnail 💀

[@akramgimmini8165]

Thx for this great Birthday Present 😋👍🥳

[@luciad.6487]

Just wanted to tell you how your videos really helped me to get through the final exams in High school two years ago and introduced me to so much knowledge about history. Especially, being from south america i was surprised how little i was explained about WWI and WWII outside Germany, Italy and the UK. Here i am, two years later and I'm quite sure that after finishing university i'm gonna get a major in history

[@eggsaladsamich7396]

Thanks for the new video. I've had a bad day and I could only listen to sad music until I saw this. Now I'm going to dive into history and great Animation to help me get over my slump

[@mitchellgiles6869]

This question just so happened to pop into my mind just now and here's this video from less than 45 minutes ago. Perfect

[@HaloJumper7]

**Laughs in operation paper clip and NASA**

[@elchongo7213]

8:25 why is Videla (An Argentinian) the one to represent Chile?

[@catnaut9035]

Has there ever been a better thumbnail

[@starwarsisgreat9130]

Mqn, been a while since ibe seen a raid ad, love the vids keep it up!

[@Numba003]

I've never been to South America myself, but I would like to visit the Andes in particular. Thank you for another interesting episode. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@colegilbert673]

griffin knows what the most catchy thumbnails are 😆

[@emperorkarlfranzrulerofthe2826]

great video, the thumbnail made me chuckle :D

[@dendostar5436]

Great episode, Griff!

[@user-gi7xi7qn9p]

Nice work bro

[@user-ur2zw7jn5r]

Amazing video once again

[@vylrent]

You are the absolute last person I would expect to reference wojaks anywhere, especially your thumbnail

[@Varangian_Patriot]

That thumbnail is perfect

[@seba2541]

8:30 That is the wrong Videla, that one is the argentinean one

[@DPRK_NorthKorea]

a new banger of a video 🔥🔥🔥

[@Peanutsaur]

always a good day when Armchair Historian uploads

[@livethefuture2492]

You guys make the absolute best thumbnails!

[@cepv_2305]

Hoping for a video regarding about Operation Condor, South America deserves more attention!

[@bengamerlsyolo6788]

8:26 Small Correction. The man on the left is Jorge Rafael Videla, the Argentinan Dictator from 1976 to 1981. He was not a Chilean political figure or head of state. Personally, I would've used the images of Presidents Juan Antonio Rios or Gabirel Gonzales Videla. I'm not sure if the image of the Paraguayn representative is correct so maybe someone can help me out here.

[@chobychapman]

This channel gets better and better

[@Joebama-df9ve]

Great episode can’t wait for more

[@raptorstudio9731]

10/10 thumbnail

[@conserva-chan2735]

A vid on the Soviet-Afghan war would be amazing

[@sergioventura2595]

Sup my man but on a different channel!

[@conserva-chan2735]

@@sergioventura2595 great minds think alike my good man

[@sergioventura2595]

@@conserva-chan2735 What are your thoughts on the thumbnail? I thought it was mega funny

[@conserva-chan2735]

@sergioventura2595 very good, reminds me of Wow_Mao

[@sergioventura2595]

@@conserva-chan2735 Your also fighting an up hill battle here too?

[@wetwillyis_1881]

That intro, damn that intro, my man it was perfect.

[@soccerguy2433]

Love your videos. I know it's not much but I'm able to thank you

[@dasprowhite]

Finally,the perfect thumbail for a history video.

[@bestcakes]

Griffin said: " Let's check if a Mr. beast style thumbnail will generate more views. "

[@kranan]

Not the thumbnail😂😂

[@mateuszwisniewska1848]

I love both content and this meme thumbnails ;)

[@asetto15]

"Not just beer and pretzels" lmao that needs to be used more often in your videos when the Germans have trouble with something. "They attempted to take Stalingrad but it wasn't just beer and pretzels"

[@gamerdrache8741]

Germany isn't just bear and brezels

[@EntNatal]

He’s used the phrase “sunshine and sauerkraut” a couple of times before, which is also a lovey phrase.

[@Kinnaj53]

Yeah its so funny🥸hahahahaha🤦

[@corbinmartin5693]

Perfect thumbnail

[@argentinepatriot]

At 8:31, Jorge Rafael Videla (left) was actually leading Argentina during the years of 1976 - 1981

[@tomeknowakowski7051]

Lovely content - thank you !

[@lumbagogaming2129]

One of the best thumbnails I’ve seen from this channel 😂

[@Hrosters]

Can you do an episode on the battle of Doiran? It is a very underrated battle of WW1.

[@indianajones4321]

The Valley of Death

[@stomper5432]

no

[@pabcu2507]

@@stomper5432yes

[@TheMysteryman615]

Nice meme reference. I was scrolling my recommended and I saw the thumbnail. And I was like “ is that an armchair historian video??”

[@Random-gc8by]

2:22 pov you caught your Argentinian grandpa playing HoI4

[@Harbiyiete]

This channel boutta rival oversimplified on history contents

[@trashrabbit69]

I think the most curious thing about it is how much the previous immigration waves were almost directly caused by similar principles the Nazis had. Lots of Pomeranian and other distinct ethnic Germanic groups across the regions of Austria and such were pushed out by repeated discrimination and reprisal by the Prussians and eventually the Kaiser. Even many "volkisch" found them unworthy; swarthy and tainted by either some sort of Slavic or perhaps Turkic blood. So after their mighty machine collapses under its own egotistical impotence, they ended up right where they sent the others they found disgusting. It's poetic, if poetry also had Simon Wiesenthal with a Walther trailing not too far behind.

[@monsterx3055]

white people love hate is what you're saying

[@infiniteflyer87]

From such a serious channel it's funny to find a meme thumbnail.

[@manvendrasingh9123]

The thumbnails I can't 😭😭😭😭

[@omarbradley6807]

You didn't mentioned Walter Rauff, he was responsible of the gas vans, and then worked for Chile's government with impunity without even hiding.

[@hunterfalkenberg2837]

My Grandmother and her family left Argentina for the united states in 1960s, fleeing the peron regime. As much of her family was alive at the time there were plenty of stories. For example, my great grandmother who was a teenager at the time, saw a german submarine in the harbor in Mar Del Plata ( where we're from ), as the story goes the soldiers came ashore with their families, while the harbormen unloaded cargo from the sub, she didn't see it but apparently after all was said and done a tug pulled the submarine out of the harbor and was sunk. My grandmother who came to the states, traveled back whenever she could, to visit cousins and relatives. according to her, in the 70s you could still find towns where the majority spoken language was german, as well as the customs and architecture, mostly nestled in the mountains to the south east of where some of our family lived. the places they colonized had some really great skiing so I'm told

[@eduardolamancusa2400]

An actual persona from Mar del Plata here. What you describe is a well know and documented event, which happened at the end of WWII: the surrendering of U Boat 530 on July 1945. It didnt land any cargo or personnal, just the crew that was moved afterwards to the States with the ship. It's the center of many conspiracy theories unfounded and plain mistaken. They play right along in the hand of white/black history (an error that The Armchair Historian has incurred unfortunately in this video) when analysing latin american history in the forties and fifties. Perón, though close with many strong hand dictators, was never "simpathetic" with the Nazi cause. He was a ruthless pragmatic who actually sanctioned a war declaration right at the end of the War after some preassure from the US. However, he was marveled with prussian discipline and specialy germanic innovations -something rightly pointed out by the armchair.- There's actually one of the stories widely spread out here in Argentina: he tried to kickstart a nuclear program but was douped by the lead German scientist. The matter of fact is, and as someone from Chile rightly pointed out above, German influece (both cultural, linguistic, or otherwise) predates BY FAR WWII, its politics, and ideologies. I honestly believe that both South American and particualry South American polítics should be analyzed through local sources, not what mainstream US academia says. One more thing: before anyone tries to pointed out that Luna Park was the biggest rally of Nazi suporters as a way of discredit what I've said early, I would like to remind You that 20k nazies rallied at the Madison Square Garden.

[@hunterfalkenberg2837]

@@eduardolamancusa2400 Thank you for the clarification, I hope all is well in Mar del Plata, I hope the winter isn’t too harsh, when I was last there it was summer and quite gorgeous. On the matter of peron I cannot speak to his sympathies, he was a dictator after all. However we can both thoroughly agree on the massive effect that German immigration and culture has effected South America

[@eduardolamancusa2400]

@@hunterfalkenberg2837 For now, weather is quite calm; cold, and humid at times as all coastal cities are, but not too harsh. As regards Peron and your charaterization of him as a dictator, I couldn't agree less: at best his politicts were fundamentaly strong handed, but never despotic. He wouldn't have been able to win two legally recognized elections, stop a civil war in the middle by resigning, and building the legal foundations of most unions in all key industrial sectors if he had been a "fascist" dictator, as most anglo-american academia portraits him. He wasn't an angel, as we said around here. However, his relevance as a political figure is regarded as important as Alfonsin, Illia, and even the Foundational Presidents of late XIX century.

[@kbuttstadt]

I've been a sub for a long time and I always come away from a video more knowledgeable but I have a non-history question: did you get a new artist? I noticed during the Klaus story that the lines are incredibly clean and very well stylized. As a fellow illustrator and cartoonist I had to mention this and commend both the hiring of the new artists and commend the artist themselves.

[@artiomvv569]

The thumbnail was just perfect

[@MdArtsandGaming]

Fun fact: among the last major incidents of Germans fleeing to South America happened in the early '90s with Erich Honecker and his family in Chile, though it was less "escape" and more "got off by technicality due to cancer." Apparently both Erich and his wife were given a sendoff worthy of the DDR there, with the surviving members of Allende's family in attendance.

[@questionmark05]

Heinz beans. I get it! Thats funny. Argentina built a jet fighter in the 50s using kurt tank and a french collaborationist engineer.

[@Jagogold656]

I just came to say that I love your thumbnail!

[@HepCatJack]

Former Confederacy rebels also ended up in Brasil founding a town called Americana. Some approached Secretary of State Elihu Root (R) in the early 1900's during a Diplomatic visit to Brasil to see if they could return to the U.S but he discouraged them from such an action saying that the U.S had changed too much.

[@shawnwest2491]

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[@youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612]

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[@agustindellasala103]

Most of them went to the United States and the USSR too. You forgot to mention that. It needs to be pointed out that the involment of Argentina in this was made hugely bigger by the Allies because of the neutrality of Argentina during most of the war. The comercial relathionship between Argentina and UK was also a key factor that explains the obssesion of goverments like USA with these stories of nazi war criminals escaping to Argentina. I am not denying it happend, i am just pointing out some context you forgot to mention. Great video anyway.

[@theww2enthusiast]

The thumbnail is spot on bro 🤣