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[–] Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think it is still demographically true that an Argentinian with a German last name is more likely to be a German Jew than a Nazi that came there through the Rat Lines. The reason Nazis went there in the first place is due to the large amount of German immigration previously, and the focus on Argentinian Nazis is part of the US deflection of how much Nazis the US took in for Operation Paperclip, Nazis doing medical experiments under Mengele, and SS members that started working for the CIA.

[–] Farajo001@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

Fun fact: in Córdoba, there's a German village called Villa General Belgrano. However, before it was called Villa Calamuchita. Why the name change? In 1943 there was an Oktoberfest and locals burned an Argentine flag, they pissed off both province and national governments so much they punished them by renaming the town in honour of the man who created the flag Manuel Belgrano