Resumen de Alemanes, judíos y judíos alemanes en el Uruguay de los años 1920 y 1930
Among the emigrants and refugees arriving to Uruguay, those coming from Middle and Eastern Europe were a small minority. However, their influence in Uruguayan social, economic, cultural and political life could be felt as they created a network of institutions which actively organized the immigrants and refugees according to their geographical, cultural, or ideological background or language and promoted their integration into the host society. At the same time, its receptivity in a generally democratic context prevented a renewed ghettoization. Nevertheless, the religious and ideological divisions within the Jewish community as well as between this community and the non-Jewish population of German origin are still important. Their continous existence is related to different cultural backgrounds, uncompatible subjective experiences as "refugees" versus "immigrants" and dividing political developments (above all, NS and fascism) and events (e.g. the 1939 Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union) in Europe.
