• blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io
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    2 days ago

    My city was founded in 1850, before Germany was even a single country.

    While I don’t know when exactly my family came here I know it was way before WW2.

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      It was just a joke, especially Brazil has quite a large German minority from the 18th century AFAIK.

      • blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io
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        Not a good joke. It’s an annoying stereotype, although unfortunately some around here make it sort of deserved 😮‍💨

        Yes, there are many Germanic colonies around here, last year we did celebrate 200 years of immigration. Fun fact: the wife of the first Brazilian emperor was an Austrian Habsburg.