Among these early immigrants was Jan Nepomuk Kubíček, a Catholic carpenter from Třeboň and one of the great-grandfathers of Juscelino Kubitschek, the 24th President of Brazil (from 1956 to 1961).

[2][3] In the 20th century there were three large waves of Czechs who moved to Brazil: in the 1930s, after the Communist takeover (1948) and after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops (1968).

In such states, the Czechs arrived since the 19th century and were often a minority in areas predominantly settled by Germans or Poles.

[5][6] In Santa Catarina, the Czech immigrants occupied the regions of Vale do Itajaí[5] and Northern parts of the state, e.g. Joinville,[7] São Bento do Sul[8][9] and Mafra.

[10] In Rio Grande do Sul, most Czechs settled down in the Serra Gaúcha (notably in the town of Nova Petrópolis), the North Coast, the area of Missões[11] and the Central Lowlands.