German Salvadoran

A German Salvadoran is a Salvadoran descendant of German citizens who have adopted the two nationalities. German Salvadorans are a small ethnic minority, there are few speakers of German, a large majority adopted the Spanish as well as within the white Salvadoran 90% are descendants of Spaniards. That does not mean that the country does not have important relations with Germany.

History[]

Starting in 1871, Salvadoran historiography speaks of a period of "liberal reforms",which brings a significant number of immigrants,In the 19th century, the entry of immigrants was not visible, it was from 1900 when the immigrant population began to grow, mainly from Europe (including Germans) but also from Latin America and Asia^[1][2]

One of the most famous Germans who immigrated to El Salvador, was Walter Thilo Deininger, in Cuzcatlan to 1885. Whoever soon built his coffee estate and other industries. Besides a confraternity called (La cofradía de Don Balta), the neighbors were saying, the character of Walter was phlegmatic and good-natured. Soon arrived more German families to Cuscatlán Department, El Salvador, as well as important people like Jürgen Hübner-a German historian and author of "Die Deutschen und El Salvador (The Germans and El Salvador). In the early twentieth century between 10 and 15 families immigrated, although the majority later left the country due to political problems.^[3][4]

In 1942, and in the context of the Jewish holocaust by Nazi Germany, several Ashkenazi Jews acquired Salvadoran nationality and moved to live in the country, thanks to the efforts of the diplomat José Arturo Castellanos, who saved 40,000 Jews from Europe central, including the Germans^[5][6][7]

Relations between El Salvador and Germany[]

Germany is one of the main European trading partners of El Salvador and is the largest importer of Salvadoran coffee. The Chamber of Commerce German-Salvadoran consists of around 85 companies. The Central American integration process was Germany on June 27, 2008 extra-regional observer of the Central American Integration SICA located in San Salvador. In addition to a German school in San Salvador.^[8]

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