This content announces the second screening of the documentary "Luxembourgers in Argentina," which uncovers a significant but lesser-known Luxembourgish diaspora in Argentina, distinct from the more prominent community in Brazil.
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And now to a chapter of Luxembourg’s migration history. When people think of Luxembourgers in South America,
Brazil usually comes to mind first. It was there that earlier migration waves settled
and where many Luxembourgish families made their homes.
But it wasn’t only there that saw Europea migration waves
after the First and Second World Wars.
At a gathering of South American families of Luxembourgish descent,
Daniel Atz discovered
that many Luxembourgers had also emigrated to Argentina,
and that later generations are still living there today.
He set out on a search and from a multitude of videos, the idea of a documentary suddenly emerged.
The whole story here now.
It's great news,
the documentary will be shown again for a second time on December 5th.
We are a few days after the premiere of the documentary Luxembourgers in Argentina.
Daniel and Astor meet for a brief debriefing.
About 120 people attended on Sunday.
The idea for the film Luxembourgers in Argentina came to Daniel during a trip to Brazil.
He himself is half American and half Luxembourgish,
and he helps new generations with Luxembourgish ancestry
to obtain dual citizenship.
I heard about a meeting of Luxembourgers in South America.
I was there in 2022 and discovered
that besides the well-known Luxembourgish community in Brazil,
there is also a large one in Argentina.
I had never heard of it, and I told myself:
this might be my only time in South America,
so let’s continue and go searching
for Luxembourgish ancestors in Argentina.
Above all, there was a big difference in immigration to Brazil and Argentina in the 1930s and 1940s.
Once we understood that in Argentina
immigrants had to sign a contract giving up their native language,
we knew that this story would be different
from that of Luxembourgers in America or Brazil.
That was the moment we said: this is such a unique story,
we need to tell it in a larger format.
It quickly became clear that they needed professional help and they looked for a director in Argentina on an American site.
I remember our first video call. We were interrupted
because a plate exploded at my place, right at the moment
you told me you had family in Luxembourg.
The Argentinian Astor was shocked when he saw the ad on the Internet.
I thought, there's no way that this can be happening.
Because I’m a film maker, I’m Argentine,
and I knew I had family in Luxembourg.
All my life I thought my family was only in Belgium.
But when I came to Europe in 2016, I met them,
and they told me we also had family in Luxembourg.
And that’s how their journey began.
They worked on the documentary for a year and a half.
They are more than satisfied with the result,
although the sheer volume of information and stories
made it difficult to find a narrative thread.
And for a year now, Astor has also been working in Luxembourg, has dual citizenship and lives with his Luxembourgish cousin.
You can watch the full documentary this Sunday
at 8 pm here on television,
or afterwards on RTL Play.
Daniel Atz will also be the guest on Sunday in our "Sunday Interview" on rtl.lu.
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