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Argentina 1945 (8 maggio) - 1955 (22 settembre)   Cerca

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There are close to 250,000 Jews in postwar Argentina. Colonel Juan Perón is imprisoned on October 9, 1945, but released on October 17 due to popular pressure. He wins the February 24, 1946 election, becomes president on June 4, and expands executive authority. In May 1946, the S.S. Jamaica arrives in Buenos Aires with 70 Jews bearing Argentine visas, but they are refused entry. Argentina abstains from the UN vote on Israeli statehood, but recognizes Israel on February 14, 1949. Perón's pro-Jewish rhetoric helps calm latent Argentine antisemitism. However, when a wave of antisemitic publications cause a Jewish protest in May 1950, he permits their widespread distribution. Perón expresses admiration for the Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas, but establishes a rival Peronist organization, the Organización Israelita Argentina. Perón's position on Jewish immigration marks a modest improvement over prior policies, but he actively recruits former Nazis and fascists from Germany, Italy, and Yugoslavia. Thousands of Jews take advantage of an amnesty for illegal aliens in 1949. Eva Perón dies in July 1952, and Perón is overthrown in September 1955. (en-US)

Fonte

Avni, Haim. Argentina and the Jews: A History of Jewish Immigration. Trans. Gila Brand. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1991. pp. 177-186, 192

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• Argentina 1945 (8 maggio) - 2000 (1 gennaio)