Everything we learned about living in Argentina we learned from Fritz and Judy when we were friends in Galveston, Texas. The society they lived in there was all new to us. Fritz was German even though he had been born in Argentina and lived there all his life. He spoke English with a German accent and he had attended German schools. Of course he also spoke Spanish but with a German accent too. His family operated in a German society. It seemed odd to us but he assured us that there was a large German population which included sports teams and different clubs, of course all German.
Judy on the other hand, was born in Argentina but brought up in an English society there. She spoke with a proper English accent and attended English school. Her life in Argentina was more like a British life than the British, she said. She also spoke Spanish but not with an English accent. Eventually, Judy and Fritz stepped out of their own societies and married, then moved to the US for Fritz could continue his training in Internal Medicine and then Cardiology.
The question that Marilyn asked me the other day was whether or not Fritz's Father was a Nazi? The question was never discussed in Galveston days. Of course, we will never know. Near the end of the war and directly after, many Nazi's moved to Argentina who were more than welcome to take them in, give them new identities and help them settle. But earlier in the 20th Century, many Germans moved to Argentina to get away from the German economy and ideology. They intended to return so put all the clubs and schools in place for when things got better. So as we do not know when Fritz's father moved to Argentina, we will never know if he was a Nazi. I wonder why it was never asked when we were together? Interesting.
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