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German settlement in Argentina
German Argentines are Argentines of German descent. The term "German" is an extremely vague and imprecise concept. Ethnic Germans immigrated to the Argentina not only from Germany, but also from Austria, France, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia and elsewhere across Europe. Some German-Argentines, or their ancestors, have originally settled in Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, or Uruguay first, then later on immigrated to Argentina. Germany as a political entity was founded only in 1871, but German language and culture have traditionally been of more importance than the country of origin as a basis for ethnic consciousness and nationalism. Beside that, ...
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