Karl von Koseritz played a key role in German emigration to Brazil. He was also co-publisher of the Deutsche Zeitung (a newspaper for German emigrants) and was federal deputy of the state Rio Grande do Sul.

Material:

• copies of official documents (Karl von Koseritz’s certificate of emigration to Brazil, 1857, 5 sheets)
• 1 copy of the Neue Deutsche Zeitung, formerly known as the Koseritz Deutsche Zeitung (1926)

Keywords: Brazil, Germans abroad, emigration