Fascist Movements
"In the spring of 1938, some 20,000 Nazi supporters attended a "Day of Unity" rally held at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires to celebrate the Anschluss." rarehistoricalphotos.com.
The early 1940s saw an influx of Nazis into Latin America. Many reserved spots in national governments, spreading their beliefs to the Germans who already resided there. Fascist movements, like the green-clad Integralists of Brazil, were a growing concern to the FBI.
Argentine fascist youth – the Alianza de Juventud Nacionalista – were conspicuous in their gray shirts and Sam Browne belts. rarehistoricalphotos.com.
Subversive Activity, July 30, 1941, Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons. Special Collection & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Sage Publications, Inc. JSTOR Collection.
There were places that had German towns with German street names, German newspapers, German schools. In addition, you had homegrown fascist movements. You had movements in Brazil, in Paraguay, and other countries where you see real similarities with what is going on with Hitler’s Germany and what’s happening in Mussolini’s Italy.
-Amy Butler Greenfield, Historian