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100LittleButterflies t1_j55ksnv wrote

I wonder how many random little towns across south America are predominantly German descent.

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MatiasPalacios t1_j55rs6y wrote

Pretty common. Some of them are or used to be exclusively German towns were people only talked german. Some extreme cases are the Mennonites towns in Argentina that still exist today, were men talk german in town and spanish when they travel to the cities, but woman's only talk german because they rarely travel outside the town.

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Furzapfel t1_j57oinn wrote

There is a new movie called "Women Talking" that is based on a true story of a Mennonite colony in Bolivia. The men used animal tranquilizers on women and girls and raped them while they slept.

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CheeseburgerSocks t1_j57z2bc wrote

I read up on that recently after hearing about the film. Fucking bonkers. Those poor women and children.

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Puzzleworth t1_j59hxmp wrote

The worst part is that it's still going on. There was a lot that was hinky about the "official" story, and many members of the community think it was basically a coverup for abuse by the victims' family members. The nighttime attacks continued after the men were jailed. Anesthetics also don't work the way the prosecution claimed. Canadian Mennonite's coverage goes into way more detail.

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rowej182 t1_j5lffko wrote

My uncle grew up in one in Brazil. His parents were German immigrants and he grew up speaking only German. Didn’t event learn Portuguese until he was around 8.

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