Made in Germany | Blumenau -- Why Germans are Investing in Southern Brazil

[demoralizeBR]

The truth is that there are much more German's companies in Sao Paulo than in Blumenau!

Sao Paulo is the richest city in Brazil therefore compare Sao Paulo to Blumenau doesn't make any sense at all!

The 2nd richest city in Brazil is Rio de Janeiro, Eike Batista (the 8ºth richest man in the world) lives in Rio de Janeiro. So I think that's why germans do prefer Sao Paulo or Rio at all, as well as other nations. Cause it's easier to make money.

[Poltermann]

@Manuelsk850 True story ;) and folks, have a better look before posting: the U.S.A. is -de facto- the country with the biggest german-descending population outside of Germany BUT Brazil has the second largest. Consequential, not? This is why he actually wrote SECOND. I'm also tired of people who don't educate themselfs, who just think that the country they're living in is everything and that there's nothing outside. This is nonesene and annoying as fukc!

[rogerpenna]

@Manuelsk850

sorry pal, thats nonsense. Over 40% of the 300 million americans are german descendants. German descendants in the US surpass the english descendants.

[Poltermann]

@rogerpenna yep, that's because he actually wrote "second".

[rogerpenna]

@Poltermann the sentence has double meaning.

it can mean that, EXCLUDING Germany, Brazil is the 2nd country with more germans.

it can also mean that, AFTER GERMANY, Brazil is the 2nd country with more germans.

[demoralizeBR]

Ich komme aus Brasilien, aus São Paulo

Tenho inglês fluente e agora to aprendendo Alemão porque gostei da língua

um dia vou conhecer SC e RS e quem sabe a Alemanha

[bandluiz]

I'm from Blumenau, my surname is Reinhardt, any questions?

[brazilvideoinfo]

people outside Brazil need to understand that Brazil is actually divided in 5 regions (in those 5 regions there are 26 states and 1 federal district). Each of those 5 regions (North, North-East, South-East, Central West and South) are litterly different from each other include in culture and people.

[1Rvicenzi]

South of Brazil is TOTTALY different than the rest... We are really different talking about culture, costumes, manners.

Try to Look for these cities:

Bombinhas

Blumenau

Porto Alegre

Gramado

Pomerode

Brusque

I`m proud to be here, in the south...

[Math617261273]

@Manuelsk850 No, it's the third, behind US.

[MrNasc]

Brazil's also gotten the largest number of Americans - except the US itself. I have four of them working with me.

[MrNasc]

My great-grandma was German too, our family is from SC and well, Koch is our family's surname.

[brazilvideoinfo]

forgive the people in the US. their educational system keeps them dumb dumb and aren't capable for thinking for them self.

[nacholibre48]

@Manuelsk850 No its USA that has the most people with german ancestory.

[idunno4got]

why is that girl rolling the ball of string so slowly?

[invino334]

@Germania2052 US has much more population than Brasil, its quite obvious that they have more german descendants (+- 20 vs 51 milion). And americans count every person that have one drop of german blood as german, while we count only those who have some visible ancestry. German brazilians are very well integrated. 3 brazilian presidents had german roots, many policticians, musicians, writers, painters, scientists, top models even footballers (Elano, Dunga, Taffarel, Fabio Rochemback, etc, etc).

[kylem1112]

@Germania2052 Regardless.... The u.s has more than twice that.

[evanbellen]

hey, im dutch and i also here in brazil, actually im brazilian now :) and proud of it

[kylem1112]

@Manuelsk850 Wrong... The united states has 51 million germans, brazil only has 5 million. However, the brazilian germans seemed to hold more onto their german culture, whereas german americans have all been americanized

[schlawa]

Greetings to Brasil from Germany :) I visited the lovely state of Bahia in 2009 and I found it one of very nice for good quality holidays. Brasil will make its Way to a real thriving country with good industry in South America. Signs of well maintained highways and lots of construction are already visible in Brasil today.

[invino334]

@schlawa Thanks for your comments, mate.

I'm from the state of Rio Grande do Sul and my grand-grandmother came from Saxony in the beginning of the XX century. Come to visit us!

[wernerfrisio]

German are more than 500 Years in Brazil. (first appearance: 22 april 1500):Source: Suplemento Cultural Jornal Estado de São Paulo, pag. 2, domingo, 26 de novembro,1975

[Hadlich000]

I love Blumenau!

[AustrianAtheist]

Do they speak German there?

[Hadlich000]

@AustrianAtheist a lot of them

[duduzerah]

@AustrianAtheist just some people

[rafaelpbd]

@AustrianAtheist No, only the older, young people only speak Portuguese. During the 2nd World War, the German language was forbidden to be spoken and published in Brazil, which virtually abolish the german language in our country.

[AustrianAtheist]

Oh, what a pity. thanks for the info

[willoxbr]

Vamos trazer mais uma segunda frota de alemães pra cá urgentemente!!!! hehe

[Hadlich000]

@willoxbr melhor do que muitos dos que aparecerem ultimamente hauhauhauh

[PupuTheClown]

,,I think that would be terrible if the Germans there started to mix with the indigenous.

[PupuTheClown]

Blumenau might be jewish.

[wernerfrisio]

@PupuTheClown Jeah ! of course !

[jonascelemencki]

E aqueles que fugiram that guerra e tambem alguns Nazitas, foram la depois da segunda guerra.

[johnnycoast2026]

HUAuhHUAuhHUA.. Eu trabalho para o Deutsche Bank.. O Ambiente de trabalho é igualzinho ao Deutsche Telekom.. Até mesmo as divisórias das mesas são iguais.. KKKKKKKK

[zimmermann10]

Se ela soubesse da beleza dela!

[gbSchultz]

they are not germans, they are BRAZILIANS

[Macirop]

Deixa o povo de cima descer ; rsrsrs ..

[zimmermann10]

Já está descendo, como não percebe!?

[rogerpenna]

In fact, there are more german descendants in the US (self reported) than irish and english descendants! (thats about 50 million people!!!!)

Mais de 8 milhões de alemães imigraram pros EUA. No Brasil, foram SOMENTE 250 mil imigrantes entre 1822 e 1964!

[rogerpenna]

you are talking about yourself?

Its funny you complained about people saying things without being informed, but you did JUST THAT by saying Brazil was the country with more germans outside Germany.

Thats just PLAIN WRONG!

[rogerpenna]

yes, thats exactly what I said.

[rogerpenna]

thats wrong.

Brazil is the 2nd country with more JAPANESE outside Japan.

USA is by FAR the country with more german descendants. They got something like 5 times or more, the number of german immigrants Brazil had in the 19th century. A big part of the "SMITHS" in the US are actually SCHMITTS (or Schmitz, or similar) that changed their names to Smith.

[ELFELICIANO]

@rogerpenna Brazil is the first in japanese immigration, followed by Peru.

[rogerpenna]

@ELFELICIANO

Yes, I know it. But the topic here is german immigration. Lets stay on topic, ok?

[ELFELICIANO]

@rogerpenna Whatever!

[rogerpenna]

Laisa Mendonça... doesnt sound like a GERMAN surname.

Southern Brazil is mostly white, so its not like if people AVOIDED mixing, its simply that most people in the area are also white.

Greetings from Novo Hamburgo (New Hamburg), another german settled city in southern Brazil (another state), with 250k people.

[gbSchultz]

e daí? só pq a mina não descende de alemães ela nao pode aprender o alemão?

e ela pode ter sim o nome alemao pelo lado materno dela

[rogerpenna]

claro que pode. Eu mesmo não sou descendente de alemão (portugues, italiano, espanhol e dinamarques) mas aprendi alemão na escola.

[gbSchultz]

eu sei...no teu post deu a entender outra coisa

erro meu entao

[zimmermann10]

Wie schön wie eine Blume ist vergessen, in einer Bäckerei?

[zimmermann10]

Raisa, ich möchte mich heiraten?

[zimmermann10]

.mmmm

[gbSchultz]

very interesting. i'm proud to be blumenauense:)

[SmOkE118]

sehr schön. Ich arbeite bei T-Systems Blumenau. Das ist eine sehr gute Firma und Ihre Mitarbeiter ist sehr toll.

[ChickCrack]

Learn your history, ramrod. The Germans were there before WW2. It's no coincidence that the areas the German inhabited are the most productive and cleanest.

[RudeComment]

,,thats why it's a bad idea to race mix.

[cyclohexane1]

"bad idea to race mix"? then why move to a country full of non whites. That mentality infuriates the natives. Coming to one's country then separating yourself. Anyway, I am glad your way of thinking isn't the norm. Almost 44% of Brazil is mixed and it is still productive so your racism is useless.

[PupuTheClown]

,,maybe they were escaping Germany's new liberal all negro, muslim, no more whites mentality they have today, maybe they wanted to form there own community like Joseph Mengele tried, true Brazil has a huge oversized mixture but the most repulsive aspect of it is the negro gene so prominent in the faces of Brazilians today, why you ask ?, maybe IQ level has something to do with it and the image of knowing what an all black nation is capable of,,,,,,,nothing.

[cyclohexane1]

@PupuTheClown haha... you really are an ass clown. No more whites mentality in Germany? have you been there? Plus how could they foresee the future of Germany's current mentality centuries ago? I had a good laugh reading your drivel so your clown education was put to good use. Clap...clap...clap

[ELFELICIANO]

@RudeComment A melhor coisa e ter pessoas das duas racas na familia. Tu encherga que ha bom e mal nas duas e que ambas as partes sao seres humanos, que erram e acertam. Isso tornou o racismo brasileiro um problema de familia, nao um problema politico ou de estado.

[ELFELICIANO]

@RudeComment A melhor coisa e ter pessoas das duas racas na familia. Tu encherga que ha bom e mal nas duas e que ambas as partes sao seres humanos, que erram e acertam. Isso tornou o racismo brasileiro um problema de familia, nao um problema politico ou de estado.

[mrpaiva04]

@ChickCrack Do the people of Blumenau drink a lot like the Germans do? 

[JohnPlayer4ever]

@ChickCrack like evrywhere in world. all that good stuff from US was maked by german immigrants. watch all the german names in the US in Economy or watch the Winners of US nobelprice people. so much with german names.

the germans know how to make good stuff

[rogerpenna]

bullshit.

Germans started colonizing southern Brazil in 1824, when the brazilian Emperor, married to an Austrian princess of the Habsburg family, opened german immigration to settle southern Brazil and keep the pesky argies away.

Nazis came to Brazil EXACTLY because there were LOTS of german communities here, and some relatives! It was easy for them to mix in southern Brazil. The same wouldnt be true in northern Brazil!

[h23a1player]

COOL!!!