Tag: German-Jewish émigrés

  • About, Part 5: Uruguay, Haven of Refuge

    About, Part 5: Uruguay, Haven of Refuge

    Customs Building Montevideo, approx. 1950 They could hardly have come to a better place: Uruguay has a long history of European immigration and was, at this time already, a relatively stable country with an advanced political and educational system. The country’s immigration laws have traditionally been very generous, allowing “every honest foreigner apt to work”[1]…