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ArgentineGerman relations
Argentine-German relations are foreign relations between Argentina and Germany. The free city-state of Hamburg was the first German state to establish diplomatic relations with Argentina in 1829. The first ambassador of Germany to Argentina was sent in May 7, 1871.
Relations
Trade developed between Germany and Argentina as early as the German Unification. Later on, Argentina maintained a strong economic relationship with Germany and supported them with supplies during World War I.
By the beginning of World War II, Argentina had a significant population of ethnic Germans. One area where they were particularly prominent was Misiones Province, Argentina's northeastern panhandle bordering on Paraguay and Brazil. It is estimated that by the early 1940s, there were around 10,000 ethnic Germans in Misiones, out of the province's total population of 190,000.
With the rise of Nazism in Germany, Nazi agents started active propaganda work among the ethnic Germans living in Argentina, with Nazi-organized meetings reportedly held as early as 1933. The pro-Nazi-Germany atmosphere in some small, predominantly German communities of the northeast was so intense during WWII, that some Argentinian officials who visited such towns reported that they could hardly feel themselves to still be in Argentina. The Nazis, however, were strongly opposed by the local Polish-, Swiss-, and Scandinavian-Argentinians, as well as by the anti-Nazi German minority.
Under President Juan Peron following World War II, Argentina was incorporated into the ODESSA network, as Nazi officers emigrated to South America to avoid prosecution for war crimes. Nazis who lived in Argentina included Adolf Eichmann, Josef Mengele, Aribert Heim and Edward Roschmann.
In 2007, Germany was Argentina's fourth-largest import partner at 5%, behind Brazil, the United States, and China.
Over 3,000,000 Argentines are of German descent.
Diplomatic missions
Argentina has an embassy in Berlin and Consulate-Generals in Frankfurt and Hamburg. Germany has an embassy in Buenos Aires and 11 honorary consulates, in Bariloche, Cordoba, Eldorado, Mar Del Plata, Mendoza, Posadas, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman and Ushuaia.
See also
Foreign relations of Argentina
Foreign relations of Germany
German settlement in Argentina
External links
List of Treaties ruling relations Argentina and Germany until 1994
List of Treaties ruling relations Argentina and Germany since 1995
Argentine embassy in Berlin
German Foreign Ministry about relations with Argentina
German embassy in Buenos Aires (in German and Spanish only)
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