Uruguayans in Germany
3,200
Distribution of Uruguayan citizens in Germany (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin
Languages
Spanish language
German language
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Uruguayan diaspora

Uruguayans in Germany are people born in Uruguay who live in Germany, or German-born people of Uruguayan descent.

Overview

Generally speaking, Uruguayans went to Germany as part of a wave of emigration due to economic or political reasons. Many of them got established in Germany for decades.[1]

In the GDR

During the civic-military dictatorship in Uruguay, the German Democratic Republic received several exiled Uruguayan communists.[2] Maybe the most prominent of them was Marina Arismendi (a future Senator and Minister in the 2000s), who spent there many years as a Spanish-language teacher.[3]

Institutions

Uruguayans have their own institutions in Germany, such as the Deutsch-Uruguayische Gesellschaft e.V.[4]

Notable people

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "President Tabaré Vázquez addresses Uruguayan émigrés in Germany". El País. 10 February 2017. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Panzl, Sebastián (23 November 2019). "Uruguayans in the GDR". El Observador. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Marina Arismendi awarded the Premio Profesores en Resistencia". BioBioChile.cl. 7 November 2013. (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Deutsch-Uruguayische Gesellschaft e.V." Retrieved 24 July 2020. (in German)


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