βWe cannot deny history againβ: Brazil floods show how German migration silenced Black and Indigenous stories
27 June 2024 at 06:30
The promotion of European immigration was linked to the idea of βwhitening the Brazilian populationβ, say historians
Dominga Menezes was only 12 years old when she danced for a dictator.
It was 25 July 1974, and SΓ£o Leopoldo, a medium-sized city in Brazilβs southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, was celebrating both the anniversary of its founding and 150 years of German immigration to Brazil.
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