The Immigration and the Crisis. The Poles in the Buenos Aires of the 1930s

This paper focuses on Polish immigration in Buenos Aires in the first half of the 30s of the 20th century. It analyzes the impact that the world economic crisis unleashed in 1929 had on this particular group and studies the measures taken by the community to mitigate its consequences. At the same time, it inquires about the reason for the high vulnerability of the Polish immigrants in the Argentine context.