Austrian Brazilians

Austrian Brazilians
Austro-brasileiro

Austrian descendants in São Paulo.
Total population
100,000
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
Languages
Predominantly Portuguese Austro-Bavarian, German, Yiddish [1]
Religion
Christianity (Mainly Roman Catholicism), Protestantism, Judaism [2] and others
Related ethnic groups
Other White Brazilians, especially German Brazilians

Austrian Brazilians (Portuguese: Austro-brasileiro, Austríaco brasileiro) refers to Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Austrian ancestry, or Austrian-born people residing in Brazil. Brazil is home to the second largest German-Austrian population outside their respective nations, after the United States. German is the second most spoken language in the country. ^{[3] [4]} The author Stefan Zweig who wrote about Brazil, and the Habsburg-Lorraine Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil, are among the most prominent Austrians to settle in Brazil.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Some Austrian Jews fled to Brazil to flee Nazism. ^[5]

See also

• Austria portal
• Brazil portal

• Austria–Brazil relations
• Immigration to Brazil
• White Brazilians
• Austrian people
• German Brazilian
• Swiss Brazilians

References

1. Perego, Simon (2019). "Yiddish: Language, Culture and Memory from the late 19th century to the present". Transatlantic Cultures.
2. "Assistance to Holocaust Survivors from Austria in Brazil ... - National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism".
3. "Brazil". Ethnologue.
4. "Hunsrik". Ethnologue.
5. Schpun, Mônica Raisa (30 April 2025). Aracy de Carvalho and Jewish Rescue from 1930s Germany. Springer. ISBN   978-3-031-84104-0.