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Poverty in Their Homeland and Brazilian Desire of Whitening Drew Germans to Brazil 200 Years Ago
A lot of work awaited the German immigrants in their new homeland – Image: Arquivo Histórico Ferreira da Silva The aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, failed harvests and oppressive tax burdens made life difficult for people in Germany at the beginning of …