re: April 30, 1945 - The Death of Adolf Hitler

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Speaking of South America, what most people don't know is there was already a movement of Germans to South America even before World War I.

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Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile are very Euro-diverse. Most people think of any country south of Texas as "mexican-spanish" with very dark skin. That's not true.

The southern half of SA has lots of German, Italian, English, even Welsh roots in addition to their Spanish roots. There was heavy English and French industrial investments around 1900 and people moved to support this infrastructure.