Resumen de Mecanismos que posibilitaron la llegada de refugiados judíos alemanes a Uruguay entre los años 1933 y 1941
Between 1933 and 1941 Uruguay turned into the refuge of approximately 5,500 German Jews. Two types of mechanisms facilitated their entrance to the country: state/formal and complementary/informal ones. The most important formal mechanism was the possibility to obtain visa, although restrictive immigration laws, which were approved exactly during this period, aimed at avoiding the entrance of those refugees deemed "undesirables". Thus, a central element in the immigration of Jews to Uruguay were the informal mechanisms, like active help by many Uruguayan consuls, the aid of some international assistance institutions, and the operation of social networks, such as the presence of relatives, friends, or neighbors who had emigrated previously.
