The activities by the political police (DOPS) against German immigrants in Rolândia PR Brazil between 1942 and 1945 are discussed. The alliance of Brazil with the Allies during the II World War triggered the control and monitoring of immigrants from the Axis countries by the political police of the Vargas administration. The constant reference to Germans constructed a series of myths, such as ‘the German Conspiracy’ and ‘Antarctic German’ that legitimized the ‘logics of suspicion’ on the immigrants. The construction of political myths foregrounded in the social imaginary the actions of political police and legalized their control and persecution activities.
Political Police; Social Control; Repression; German Immigration