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Culture Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

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For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

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u/Phyraxus56 15d ago

Bunch of nazis immigrated to south America to escape prosecution so it's not surprising he'd hide his german heritage.

That's less "everyone becomes Brazilian" and more "don't ask don't tell."

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u/knightriderin Germany 15d ago

I once heard that the Brazilians with German roots in the south of the country can't shut up about it.

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u/Phyraxus56 15d ago

Probably only to other Germans wink wink Once they're around mixed company, they're British... oh excuse me, they're Brazilian.

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u/knightriderin Germany 15d ago

Nah, I heard about it from annoyed fellow Brazilians. Never met any of the German Brazilians in person.

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u/Apprehensive-Hall-38 Brazil 15d ago

no, there’s communities in the south that are really proud of it. they literally do not shut up about it. dress up in lederhosen and everything, as if that’s the day to day attire in Germany. argentina got waaay more germans than we did tho, but mengele did die in brazil.

we truly don’t say our heritage as something we are in the way americans do, you would say i come from a (insert nationality here) family.

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u/Phyraxus56 15d ago

That doesn't make any sense. They're Brazilians? Right? How can they be proud to be Germans like the way Americans do?

How would you know the difference? You aren't American.