After World War II, thousands of Nazis fled to South America along so-called ratlines — often with the help of Catholic clergy. The Vatican is now opening its archives from the time. Will it be a moment of truth?
This is the reason why there are a lot of blonde-haired and blue-eyed people in Brazil. Gisele Bündchen for example (not the best example, but the first that came to mind), clearly a German last name, yet she’s Brazilian.
This was in another moment, a lot of Germans and Italians came to Brazil after the slavery abolition years before the first WW as immigrants in an attempt of the Brazilian crown to make the white population proportionally bigger.
This is the reason why there are a lot of blonde-haired and blue-eyed people in Brazil. Gisele Bündchen for example (not the best example, but the first that came to mind), clearly a German last name, yet she’s Brazilian.
Confidently incorrect.
This was in another moment, a lot of Germans and Italians came to Brazil after the slavery abolition years before the first WW as immigrants in an attempt of the Brazilian crown to make the white population proportionally bigger.