It was from 1900 when the immigrant population began to grow, mainly from Europe (including Germans) but also from Latin America and Asia[1][2] One of the most famous Germans who immigrated to El Salvador, was Walter Thilo Deininger, who settled in Cuscatlán in 1885. Who soon built his coffee estate and other industries.
Besides a co-fraternity called (La cofradía de Don Balta), his neighbors had stated that the character of Walter was phlegmatic and good-natured.
In the early twentieth century between 10 and 15 families immigrated, although the majority later left the country due to political problems.
[3][4] In 1942, and in the context of the Jewish holocaust by Nazi Germany, several Ashkenazi Jews acquired Salvadoran nationality and moved to live in the country, thanks to the efforts of the diplomat José Castellanos Contreras, who saved 40,000 Jews from Central Europe, including the Germans.
[5][6][7] Germany is one of the main European trading partners of El Salvador and is the largest importer of Salvadoran coffee.