I am going to encourage Vice President, Kamala Harris to embrace the German Heritage in America, and in Oakland and Chile.
I suspect many Prussians came to Chile.
John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Chileans
Hamburg and Valparaíso[edit]
Valparaíso, Chile, in 1830
In 1818 Chile became independent from Spain and began to engage in trading with more nations. The port city of Valparaíso became a major center for trade with Hamburg, with commercial travellers and merchants from Germany staying for lengthy periods of time to work in Valparaíso. Some settled there permanently.
On 9 May 1838 Club Alemán de Valparaíso, the first German cultural organization was established in the city. German residents and visitors held cultural functions here. The club began to organize literary, musical and theatre productions, contributing to the cultural life of the city. Aquinas Ried, a physician, became widely known in the city for composing operas, and for writing poetry and plays. The club had its own orchestras and academic choir (singakademie) which…
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