During
World War II, some German Peruvians fell under the influence of
Nazi Germany and began their own branches of the
Nazi Party. About 2,000 German Peruvians lived in Peru during World War II, Carl Dedering led the Nazi Party in Peru and much of the documentation regarding the party in Peru was lost, some of it burned by party members to prevent incrimination. In the remote village of
Pozuzo, the
Nazi Flag would be raised on the town's flagpole. Peru's government would abide by British blacklists targeting German businesses in the country during the war. The Alexander Humboldt School in
Lima was a meeting place for five branches of the Nazi Party, with the school's director and teachers being deported to
internment camps in the United States for being leaders. After Peru broke diplomatic relations with Germany in 1942, some naturalized German Peruvians were sent to internment camps in the United States. Many German Peruvians placed their accounts in the Embassy of
Francoist Spain due to its closeness with Nazi Germany, with about 3 million
soles being present by 1945. ==Education==