ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses German foreign cultural policy directed toward Brazil through initiatives involving higher education, from the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 through 1942, when Brazil entered Second World War on the Allied side. It focuses on the cases of the Universidade de Sao Paulo and the Escola Paulista de Medicina. The chapter shows that the density of the relations between Brazil and Germany in the academic field and its “intricate set of objects that include social, cultural or scientific events and personal networks along with scientific theories, disciplines, technologies or methodologies”. Gradually, the distinction between “cultural policy” and “cultural propaganda”, which had been emphasised greatly during the Weimar Republic, gave way to a mixture of these two domains. One of the focuses of tension within the framework of cultural relations was the Pro-Arte Society, which promoted music courses and art exhibitions and also supported German researchers who passed through Brazil.
