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

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  • Why Did So Many German Officers Flee to Argentina?
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  • @Knowledgia
    @Knowledgia  4 ปีที่แล้ว +713

    Consider to learn more about SPAIN in World War 2, Here 📖 -> th-cam.com/video/F7C3KZ2Tmi0/w-d-xo.html

    • @themastema1189
      @themastema1189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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
      @lukeklo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yo nazis kinda suck ngl

    • @Crafty_Spirit
      @Crafty_Spirit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@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
      @rickamc3521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @themastema1189
      @themastema1189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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.

  • @gustavotomasorsi3663
    @gustavotomasorsi3663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28297

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

    • @leobrz
      @leobrz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +565

      boludito

    • @Random-us3yh
      @Random-us3yh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1653

      [nervous sweat intensifies]

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +956

      ...nine times....?

    • @myalt.yt.shorts.account
      @myalt.yt.shorts.account 4 ปีที่แล้ว +615

      @@deanpd3402 All Lives Matter

    • @StrumVogel
      @StrumVogel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Lol

  • @cmd8718
    @cmd8718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17985

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

    • @FernandoVazquez-ro1nw
      @FernandoVazquez-ro1nw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      Lol

    • @frashe5533
      @frashe5533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      they are called "bonaerenses" xd

    • @north7764
      @north7764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +504

      Waiting for someone to not get it...

    • @charlesandrews2360
      @charlesandrews2360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

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

    • @cacarotogod6695
      @cacarotogod6695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Jajaja

  • @Cour807
    @Cour807 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    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
      @rich495 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @charlielaudico3523
      @charlielaudico3523 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I live in Ecuador now, heading to Patagonia next week

    • @allanalmeida6710
      @allanalmeida6710 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The geographic studies inclued climate themes

    • @charlielaudico3523
      @charlielaudico3523 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @Solitude47152
      @Solitude47152 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That’s quite something, are you free Argentina?

  • @katiecoad266
    @katiecoad266 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    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
      @tofertallman2512 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have a 1906 Mauser Argentine (German rifle)

    • @D.E.L.92
      @D.E.L.92 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @horstbrunner1684 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was Chile that used the spiked helmet

  • @chevster9772
    @chevster9772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13994

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

    • @sarahdavis8131
      @sarahdavis8131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I- damn

    • @thiccler1127
      @thiccler1127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

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

    • @katzumihanzo5471
      @katzumihanzo5471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Hahhahahaha, that’s a good one

    • @charliemunk2947
      @charliemunk2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      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
      @charliemunk2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @dad2909
    @dad2909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3821

    Germany:*loses*
    German officers: *adios*

  • @carloscollomps1552
    @carloscollomps1552 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    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
      @CJ-ft9yo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @strange_goat2371
      @strange_goat2371 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      oh sh-t

    • @anilakopali2320
      @anilakopali2320 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Very interesting!

  • @racismisntanopinion2591
    @racismisntanopinion2591 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @mrtiesthatbind
      @mrtiesthatbind หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @royalindiann
      @royalindiann 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Operation paperclip! But in today's day it might be super forbidden to even bring it up.

    • @peteywheatstraws4909
      @peteywheatstraws4909 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Von Braun and his boys saved the US space program.

  • @Gussyboy06
    @Gussyboy06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5575

    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
      @AA-nf5ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Imagine 😂

    • @ironsyde8315
      @ironsyde8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      What were you a Nazi?

    • @swagman9751
      @swagman9751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Why would you go to Argentina anyway 🤣🤣🤣

    • @StereoStrings
      @StereoStrings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @@ironsyde8315 it's a joke

    • @getmoney051
      @getmoney051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @michaelrocks1529
    @michaelrocks1529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3656

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

  • @LesliemSeely
    @LesliemSeely ปีที่แล้ว +94

    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
      @SantiagoAriasEskapa 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @glennstockley2197
      @glennstockley2197 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      fuck yer marines...old and young

    • @peteywheatstraws4909
      @peteywheatstraws4909 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lot of those Germans and Italians went over there in the late 1800's.

  • @RJavierYepesDeV
    @RJavierYepesDeV 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video.
    Quito-Ecuador 🇪🇨

  • @SembrandoElKaos
    @SembrandoElKaos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7398

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

    • @a.gallardo4321
      @a.gallardo4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

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

    • @eliasquezada3001
      @eliasquezada3001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +522

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

    • @vigilyoung3732
      @vigilyoung3732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      Do you want to immigrate to GERMANY

    • @themaxterz0169
      @themaxterz0169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@eliasquezada3001 *_maternal grandfather_*

    • @sladiusw5938
      @sladiusw5938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@themaxterz0169 What?

  • @juancruzafonso2681
    @juancruzafonso2681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3164

    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
      @Sagarock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      Run dude

    • @Rick16.7
      @Rick16.7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      Yo still dating her ?

    • @juancruzafonso2681
      @juancruzafonso2681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      @@Rick16.7 Yep

    • @Rick16.7
      @Rick16.7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@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
      @juancruzafonso2681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

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

  • @logeur
    @logeur ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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
    @LastKing-pi8pt ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @Naderium
    @Naderium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7164

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

    • @Nighttimeqt1
      @Nighttimeqt1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Bro My grandpa was German, Joseph gette. Lol

    • @alphabogeyman7462
      @alphabogeyman7462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      @Desquicio grandpa was probably a nazi.

    • @CoolzerYT
      @CoolzerYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      copied the top comment

    • @bradleyjohnson3068
      @bradleyjohnson3068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @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
      @mauro6545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

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

  • @traderstuff6989
    @traderstuff6989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3779

    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
      @sbakst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +505

      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
      @vincentbhengu5168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      It must suck

    • @Anglo_Browza
      @Anglo_Browza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

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

    • @sbakst
      @sbakst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

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

    • @Bloodraven332
      @Bloodraven332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@sbakst plus it wasn't a country yet

  • @SmellyMellyization
    @SmellyMellyization ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @arthurwagar88
    @arthurwagar88 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @diegoserrato4016
    @diegoserrato4016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3551

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

    • @kahlilsykies9139
      @kahlilsykies9139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Probablemente ella es un racista en secreto.

    • @Tony-hw2pw
      @Tony-hw2pw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      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
      @theephantom_psyko3313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@kahlilsykies9139 who gives a shit

    • @kahlilsykies9139
      @kahlilsykies9139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@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
      @baaz0759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kahlilsykies9139 Si 😂

  • @caberfeigh396
    @caberfeigh396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2560

    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
      @maverick8045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Wow. *Che Guevara stumbles*

    • @smartsthemiddlename6296
      @smartsthemiddlename6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      No way

    • @sasquatchhunter86
      @sasquatchhunter86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      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
      @efxnews4776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @sasquatchhunter86
      @sasquatchhunter86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

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

  • @audiolivroscomdoen6883
    @audiolivroscomdoen6883 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to you. Good job.

  • @polcaltieri
    @polcaltieri ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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.

  • @juanojeda8870
    @juanojeda8870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1410

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

    • @adude8424
      @adude8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      "It's more of a personal thing"

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no

    • @Jade-hl2cf
      @Jade-hl2cf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don’t

    • @howtobeamess402
      @howtobeamess402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @rickmorgan1441
      @rickmorgan1441 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @dc10fomin65
    @dc10fomin65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2834

    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
      @dinar7082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Wow your story is really interesting, thanks for sharing!

    • @RonnieRawdawg
      @RonnieRawdawg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@dinar7082 more of a paragraph than a story

    • @carjockey2135
      @carjockey2135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      thank you for sharing

    • @todd7383
      @todd7383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      U sound younger mijo

    • @gme213la2
      @gme213la2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How are things in Europe now?

  • @helensalvia54
    @helensalvia54 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating, very well done

  • @bantuandproud8456
    @bantuandproud8456 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Danilium
    @Danilium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2075

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

    • @MusaMansu
      @MusaMansu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      That’s interesting. I never knew that.

    • @koningbolo4700
      @koningbolo4700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @danelirimescu6832
      @danelirimescu6832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      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
      @nenaradicevic8079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @biliminsrlar5752
      @biliminsrlar5752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      420 like I don't wanna ruin this.

  • @christianruiz5390
    @christianruiz5390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2968

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

    • @shaquilleoatmeal1048
      @shaquilleoatmeal1048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Maradoña*

    • @1111wun
      @1111wun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Shaquille Oatmeal quien te conoce papá?

    • @alejoroman6898
      @alejoroman6898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ni existía Maradona boludon

    • @luciano262
      @luciano262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

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

    • @TheLastApplePie
      @TheLastApplePie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Translation plis

  • @bibekdas7449
    @bibekdas7449 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice vid

  • @fabiangroom3228
    @fabiangroom3228 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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
      @dreamer40 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @vaderthelegit628
    @vaderthelegit628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3524

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

    • @Holy_2894
      @Holy_2894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      Hol' up

    • @chitzz
      @chitzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Hahaha good one

    • @samsunguser3148
      @samsunguser3148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Uh oh

    • @Holy_2894
      @Holy_2894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@samsunguser3148 stinky....

    • @Nothing-ui7pj
      @Nothing-ui7pj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh..

  • @robertcabrera3989
    @robertcabrera3989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    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
      @Tammy166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Robert Cabrera Yikes! 😳

    • @1yosef561
      @1yosef561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @robertcabrera3989
      @robertcabrera3989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

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

    • @sharr630
      @sharr630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I believe it.

    • @VytoneJr
      @VytoneJr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What color was the uniform?

  • @Shenalan888
    @Shenalan888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you!

  • @Jayce1701
    @Jayce1701 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    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!

  • @rome316ae3
    @rome316ae3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +740

    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
      @nido.del.aguila2667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      Hahaha lemme guess his spouse was eva braun??

    • @Darth8304
      @Darth8304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

    • @italianalcapone
      @italianalcapone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

    • @TitaniumSteelGreatest
      @TitaniumSteelGreatest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

    • @noahninetyone
      @noahninetyone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nido.del.aguila2667 😂😂😂

  • @mihailojovicevic5576
    @mihailojovicevic5576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4445

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

    • @karwan6385
      @karwan6385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Thanks it saved me 10 minutes.

    • @mihailojovicevic5576
      @mihailojovicevic5576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      *sorry for lowering your watch time *

    • @AbbeyRoadkill1
      @AbbeyRoadkill1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      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
      @mihailojovicevic5576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@AbbeyRoadkill1 True,far from Alies

    • @muchentuchen6592
      @muchentuchen6592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @Fogaata
    @Fogaata ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks!

  • @coleoxley8198
    @coleoxley8198 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks! From Red Ox Distillery

  • @Bcap222
    @Bcap222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +474

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

    • @AZ-rg3rf
      @AZ-rg3rf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      once a nazi, always a nazi.

    • @cambyses1529
      @cambyses1529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      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
      @jonathonruane5060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AZ-rg3rf What are you raving about?

    • @parthvashisht528
      @parthvashisht528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@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
      @michaelrodriguez3329 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @raulosorio1781
    @raulosorio1781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1295

    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
      @jimlibor4363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Operation paperclip I believe thousands came here

    • @referty0692
      @referty0692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

    • @jerryc.6932
      @jerryc.6932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      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
      @LG-jm1io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

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

    • @LG-jm1io
      @LG-jm1io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

  • @myentertainment55
    @myentertainment55 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

  • @omessiasdogol
    @omessiasdogol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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
      @blitzkriegchile5823 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @omessiasdogol
      @omessiasdogol 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@blitzkriegchile5823You mong

  • @JohnSmith-su3ze
    @JohnSmith-su3ze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +616

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

  • @tomjeffersonwasright2288
    @tomjeffersonwasright2288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1587

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

    • @enzoschacker
      @enzoschacker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Now the problem i think im the decend of a nazi

    • @tomjeffersonwasright2288
      @tomjeffersonwasright2288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      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
      @simonh6371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

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

    • @tomjeffersonwasright2288
      @tomjeffersonwasright2288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Try the diesel engine, and modern steel technology.

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@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.

  • @Zhentarim
    @Zhentarim 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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
      @blitzkriegchile5823 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 🤫

  • @ivanhicks887
    @ivanhicks887 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @1889michaelcraig
    @1889michaelcraig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1754

    There is also a pretty big Japanese community in Argentina.

    • @basedfloppa3728
      @basedfloppa3728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

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

    • @basedfloppa3728
      @basedfloppa3728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@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
      @cjroberts7022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Peru. Hell peru even had a japanese pm

    • @Deco_2k
      @Deco_2k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      michael craig angentina take every body

    • @sergiodemoura990
      @sergiodemoura990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @darthvader5558
    @darthvader5558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +762

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

    • @hefwxo2866
      @hefwxo2866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😦😦😦😨😨😨😰😰😰😱😱😱

    • @hosungryn9450
      @hosungryn9450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      naaah

    • @ZidnieWimsky.
      @ZidnieWimsky. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahahahaha

    • @haisee1671
      @haisee1671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hast du den tod gewalt!!!!!

    • @EricThe82
      @EricThe82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @troydgwyn6146
    @troydgwyn6146 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @ajx2956
    @ajx2956 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice.

  • @rml1919
    @rml1919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1298

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

    • @mekaniklboltmb4880
      @mekaniklboltmb4880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

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

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep.

    • @Fudo857
      @Fudo857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @mekaniklboltmb4880
      @mekaniklboltmb4880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wiinteerrr Villa *Gesell*

    • @newbiechu7024
      @newbiechu7024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mekaniklboltmb4880 shut up you imperialist bastard!

  • @Caocao8888
    @Caocao8888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1383

    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
      @OGrandomunknownperson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hi

    • @nikolausaepp9311
      @nikolausaepp9311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

      "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
      @nikolavideomaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

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

    • @Caocao8888
      @Caocao8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      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
      @clemenx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

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

  • @Joanna-il2ur
    @Joanna-il2ur ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alvarcap8141
    @alvarcap8141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @JonOmega-mf4dm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @pablo_giustiniani
    @pablo_giustiniani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1113

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

    • @johnbalasa711
      @johnbalasa711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Were you do not find Jews?

    • @user-kc5yo9xk3v
      @user-kc5yo9xk3v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      @@johnbalasa711 Most Asian countries?

    • @faustogiorno2300
      @faustogiorno2300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnbalasa711 Istarl

    • @hosungryn9450
      @hosungryn9450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      esrail

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      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.

  • @brianoc7926
    @brianoc7926 ปีที่แล้ว +715

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

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lies again? Hand UFC Title Smart Bundesliga

    • @thep4pgoat
      @thep4pgoat ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@NazriB UFC what?!

    • @gianni4453
      @gianni4453 ปีที่แล้ว

      Escape..

    • @robertramirez2076
      @robertramirez2076 ปีที่แล้ว

      Escape prosecution, trial and execution!!!

    • @arablumenfeld2994
      @arablumenfeld2994 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      At that time Argentina was rich as the USA

  • @ragnarlothbrock1379
    @ragnarlothbrock1379 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Respect 🇦🇷

  • @aharonmenasheyishaidanieli5507
    @aharonmenasheyishaidanieli5507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @sweeboo2711
    @sweeboo2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

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

    • @Fl4kFire
      @Fl4kFire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      How dqre u butcher my beautifull langaugr

    • @linajurgensen4698
      @linajurgensen4698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Both of you are wrong lol it’s Dankeschön*

    • @gamechanger8908
      @gamechanger8908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dank Shawn?

    • @Manbear7678
      @Manbear7678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Hans_Niemand
    @Hans_Niemand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1685

    Good job using the correct Canada flag for the time!

    • @TRXLLGE
      @TRXLLGE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait, What?

    • @syrianrefugee3350
      @syrianrefugee3350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      WindowsXP Gamer Dominion of Canada.

    • @gonzaloplot3083
      @gonzaloplot3083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not so much for identifying where Paraguay is

    • @captain-chair
      @captain-chair 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      And the Only True Chinese Flag...

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Ulrich Esser A big word salad.

  • @doreenevans5945
    @doreenevans5945 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @jimkennedy7050
    @jimkennedy7050 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always wondering about Bormann

  • @InspiredFortunes
    @InspiredFortunes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    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
      @jjn6914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      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
      @cimar14 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jjn6914 Giselle Bundchen

    • @Marvel66666
      @Marvel66666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @donwild50
      @donwild50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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
      @JonasPrudas ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

  • @drew295
    @drew295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1069

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

    • @darladrury76
      @darladrury76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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
      @kevinproefrock4857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

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

    • @GlennTheSadMarinersFan
      @GlennTheSadMarinersFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @miguelquiroz2350
      @miguelquiroz2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @rublikonemamtucha6966
      @rublikonemamtucha6966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@edwardji5570 Serbia? Seriously? Some people who probably werent even linked to the government shot a man from empire that has been threatening Balkans for several years, even threatening a war. How is that Serbian fault?

  • @ard52192
    @ard52192 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @amgluk
    @amgluk หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @stalkinghorse883
    @stalkinghorse883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +581

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

    • @and3609
      @and3609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      And courland

    • @buninparadise9476
      @buninparadise9476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

    • @AkakaDomenjer
      @AkakaDomenjer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@buninparadise9476 absolute crap. Correct

    • @henrikhilskov
      @henrikhilskov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Janinatorishere
      @Janinatorishere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

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

  • @poolplexer
    @poolplexer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

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

    • @jeffreyaudino7503
      @jeffreyaudino7503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @trumpameri1638
      @trumpameri1638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeffreyaudino7503 👏👏👏

    • @kikeruiz539
      @kikeruiz539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Central America also

    • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
      @JohnSmith-rk6jy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @jackierubinstein548
      @jackierubinstein548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jimwatson4513
    @jimwatson4513 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @davidchase9424
    @davidchase9424 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @CarsAndCannabis
    @CarsAndCannabis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    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
      @xxvvkx9312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      💔

    • @eversirias7171
      @eversirias7171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      They were probably Mossad agents who went to pick him up

    • @jcgzey_3334
      @jcgzey_3334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @RandomGuy9
      @RandomGuy9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @choco_cornet9500
      @choco_cornet9500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He wasn't perhaps Adolpho Hilter?

  • @Martin_e_93
    @Martin_e_93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1620

    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
      @Leo1990XXI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Bueno, veo que el plan no funcionó 😬.

    • @kylephillips2386
      @kylephillips2386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

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

    • @chrismontreuil2206
      @chrismontreuil2206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @valeriucore4613
      @valeriucore4613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      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
      @gevorgvanarmenie9788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@chrismontreuil2206 your life is boring.

  • @xtxt9135
    @xtxt9135 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DMBall
    @DMBall 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @buechsenwurschd
    @buechsenwurschd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +467

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

  • @donaldthegreat5809
    @donaldthegreat5809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +839

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

    • @justaroot4315
      @justaroot4315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Lmao...true story

    • @edh8900
      @edh8900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol, that's funny

    • @whitecunt6903
      @whitecunt6903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very funny

    • @rickastley5321
      @rickastley5321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      All 4 people in top of me have brain cancer

    • @rottanekru69
      @rottanekru69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Germany: We sent many men to Argentina.

  • @glasshalffullofwhatever3106
    @glasshalffullofwhatever3106 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @DCFunBud
    @DCFunBud 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @VanillaMacaron551
    @VanillaMacaron551 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    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
      @barbsmart7373 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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
      @captnhuffy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@barbsmart7373 precisely!

    • @johnmurdoch8534
      @johnmurdoch8534 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @rivergladesgardenrailroad8834
      @rivergladesgardenrailroad8834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oma, is German for Granmar....

    • @y_ffordd
      @y_ffordd ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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.

  • @dametrosd6593
    @dametrosd6593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    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
      @juanposada5171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      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
      @dametrosd6593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @adude8424
      @adude8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @azwan4710
      @azwan4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Punisher

    • @Rover-gg8jj
      @Rover-gg8jj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@juanposada5171 stop lying bro

  • @rubenoteiza9261
    @rubenoteiza9261 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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.

  • @alanjaysoncuaycong4002
    @alanjaysoncuaycong4002 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi thanks

  • @sudoku1966
    @sudoku1966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +352

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

    • @martinxy1291
      @martinxy1291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@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
      @martinxy1291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Alan_Mac
      @Alan_Mac ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This isn't true. Canada, NZ, Australia, Switzerland were all wealthier than Argentina after WW2. Sweden may well have been too. Argentina has never had "the second highest standard of living in the world." though it was certainly in the top 10 before 1930.

  • @nelsondendomo6687
    @nelsondendomo6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1200

    Is that why Argentinians sound like Italians when speaking Spanish 😂

    • @Miolnir3
      @Miolnir3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      yes.

    • @martincito1662
      @martincito1662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

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

    • @nelsondendomo6687
      @nelsondendomo6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

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

    • @Lokitoh
      @Lokitoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      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
      @Lokitoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nelsondendomo6687 Che boludo andá a cantarle a gardel

  • @amberstiefel9748
    @amberstiefel9748 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad told me he moved to chile because a screen saver made it seem appealing. I knew he was fucking with me. Eventually i stopped asking

  • @tonya2646
    @tonya2646 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @thiagohermes4806
    @thiagohermes4806 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Josef Menguele, the angel of Death, unfortunatelly lived peacefully in Brazil with a false identity after having fleed from Argentina and Paraguai. People only found out that he was here in 1985, six years after his death (he had a heart atack while swimming in the beach).

    • @FuShengAlex
      @FuShengAlex ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He was constantly looking over his shoulder and lived in a state of paranoia.....especially after Eichmann was captured. Also he was very dismissive of Brazilians who he considered "sub human"

    • @thiagohermes4806
      @thiagohermes4806 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@FuShengAlex good to know even though he should have faced judgement to do justice for those who suffered in his hands or lost lovely ones in his monstruous "experiments".
      About his feeling towards Brazilians; yeah, I always wondered why he was living in Brazil since it's one of the most mixed people on Earth. I understand that he just had to (and hated it). I really hope my people made him live in disgust during his time here. 😄

    • @michaelbread5906
      @michaelbread5906 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The top doctor in Japan committed just as much or worse heinous crimes against humanity. The US pardoned him for his research notes...

    • @thiagohermes4806
      @thiagohermes4806 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@michaelbread5906 didn't now that but I believe it. Actually Japan don't get as blamed as deserved for what they did in WW-II. They did things that could make nazis look like Disney villains.
      Btw; I love Japan and their culture but I read a lot about their war crimes long time ago and it made me sick as I've never felted before. =/

    • @shrikantyadav9248
      @shrikantyadav9248 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@michaelbread5906unit 813

  • @bloatedblitz
    @bloatedblitz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +658

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

    • @ninlog
      @ninlog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What

    • @younggod4251
      @younggod4251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @rkevic
      @rkevic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @catholicracialist776
      @catholicracialist776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ninlog Are you dumb

    • @gg-sr6ju
      @gg-sr6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Grandpa and grandpa, 🤔🤔🤔

  • @markhimmer2856
    @markhimmer2856 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's called Operation Paperclip! They also came to America and Canada!

  • @tonygreen6185
    @tonygreen6185 ปีที่แล้ว

    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)

  • @Tiago-xl8ug
    @Tiago-xl8ug ปีที่แล้ว +112

    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
      @meyergaelle8108 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You can get a German passport if you have documents

    • @Villosa64
      @Villosa64 ปีที่แล้ว

      south america is a gene pool of all races

    • @stephenmosquera6604
      @stephenmosquera6604 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Merry19ss
      @Merry19ss ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @morecowbell235
    @morecowbell235 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    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
      @robertmoffit1135 ปีที่แล้ว +78

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

    • @rafalkaminski6389
      @rafalkaminski6389 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @cipmaster1
      @cipmaster1 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@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
      @samgyeopsal569 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @IceManLikeGervin
      @IceManLikeGervin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @guaripox
    @guaripox 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of the ways the germans paid to the local goverment for protection were the german bonds from 1924. Very famous ones for those who have financial knowledge. Thats why many of the 1924 german bonds are in Argentina. Now there are a lot of companies buying those bonds. Who knows what they are planning..

  • @jackstoltz1379
    @jackstoltz1379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Usually at the end of war the leaders of the winning side has gentlemanly agreements to the high ranking and nobility to exile those people to far off lands. Hence why soldiers die yet Napoleon gets exiled and generals get ransomed. If I had to guess why the high ranking Nazis went to Argentina it's because the ally's brokered a deal with them for there safety and so that the common man didn't find out until a generation later when everyone that would care had passed away. Haven't you ever wondered why when millions die in a war not one bomb or bullet during those years of war can ever find it's mark in the head of the Stalin or Hitler. Gentlemanly agreements.... You don't kill me I don't kill you. We will have our pawns to kill each other

  • @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL
    @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +953

    Germany: *lost*
    Nazi Officers: *AIGHT IMMA HEADOUT*

    • @carterbentley4717
      @carterbentley4717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      this isnt even funny

    • @reenasingh6693
      @reenasingh6693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stalin is idiot

    • @busterbiloxi3833
      @busterbiloxi3833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stupid comment and stupid use of the English language, you bloody bastard!

    • @reenasingh6693
      @reenasingh6693 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@busterbiloxi3833 to whom idiot

    • @notgonnalie1846
      @notgonnalie1846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I fcking hate communists!

  • @VideoLeakPolice
    @VideoLeakPolice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Argentina was a Holliday destination since the early 1800's. I examined the boat logs, news articles and ads to find something years ago.

  • @robinanderson2758
    @robinanderson2758 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.