Processos de purifica o: expectativas ligadas à migra o alem para o Brasil (1880-1918)

This article analizes political andcientific declarations published in theGerman Empire between 1880 and 1918concerning german emigration to Brazil.In german imperial debates, politiciansemphasized the specific role of Brazil as adestination country due to the fact that, inthis country, residing colonists preservedtheir german v lkisch identity. This articlefocuses on how emigration to Brazil, thus,gained an eugenic dimension in germancolonial and cientific debates.