Second wave of immigration Argentines of European descent

during , after second world war, many europeans fled argentina, escaping hunger , poverty of post-war period. according national bureau of migrations, during period 1941–1950 @ least 392,603 europeans entered country: 252,045 italians, 110,899 spaniards, 16,784 poles, 7,373 russians , 5,538 french. among notable italian immigrants in period protest singer piero de benedictis (emigrated parents in 1948), actors rodolfo ranni (emigrated in 1947) , gianni lunadei (1950), publisher césar civita (1941), businessman francisco macri (1949), lawmaker pablo verani (1947), , rock musician kay galiffi (1950).

argentina received thousands of germans, including humanitarian businessman oskar schindler , wife, hundreds of ashkenazi jews, , hundreds of nazi war criminals. notorious beneficiaries of ratlines included adolf eichmann, josef mengele, erich priebke, rodolfo freude (who became first director of argentine state intelligence), , ustaše head of state of croatia, ante pavelić. still matter of debate whether argentine government of president juan perón aware of presence of these criminals on argentine soil or not; consequence argentina considered nazi haven several decades.

the flow of european immigration continued during 1950s , afterward; compared previous decade, diminished considerably. marshall plan implemented united states europe recover consequences of world war ii working, , emigration lessened. during period 1951–1960, 242,889 europeans entered argentina: 142,829 italians, 98,801 spaniards, 934 french, , 325 poles. next decade (1961–1970), total number of european immigrants barely reached 13,363 (9,514 spaniards, 1,845 poles, 1,266 french , 738 russians).

european immigration non-existent during 1970s , 1980s. instability 1970 1976 in form of escalating violence between montoneros , triple a), guerrilla warfare, , dirty war waged against leftists after march 1976 coup, compounded economic crisis caused 1981 collapse of dictatorship s domestic policies. situation encouraged emigration rather immigration of europeans , european-argentines alike, , during 1971–1976 period @ least 9,971 europeans left country. during period 1976–1983 thousands of argentines , numerous europeans kidnapped , killed in clandestine centers military dictatorship s grupos de tareas (task groups); these included haroldo conti, dagmar hagelin, rodolfo walsh, léonie duquet, alice domon, héctor oesterheld (all presumably assassinated in 1977) , jacobo timerman (who liberated in 1979; sought exile in israel, , returned in 1984). conadep, commission formed president raúl alfonsín, investigated , documented existence of @ least 8,960 cases, though other estimates vary between 13,000 , 30,000 dead.