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Unread 06-21-2016, 05:19 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by alanint View Post
I used to visit a fantastic gun store in Buenos Aires that had an entire case of Nazi presentation pistols. Several of them named to notable people such as the head of Hitler's personal bodyguard and the gauleiters of several important German cities. The front window featured over 200 fine, excellent condition Lugers of all descriptions, along with several cased Borchards. Many, many fine German small arms made their way to Argentina after the war.
I believe many of them arrived there way before the war. There was plenty of German immigration to Argentine (and South Brazil) from middle XIX century on. And wherever Germans went Vaterland went with them.
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