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Horst Paulmann came to South America from Kassel, Germany in 1948 with his family running away from the second World War without much in his hands. It was an uneasy beginning in the new continent. He started working, at 15 years old, as a telephone operator in Buenos Aires, but his short knowledge of Spanish resulted in a termination in the first year. Then, Paulmann used money to manufacture furniture for toys, which were sold to a supermarket chain, however, it also didn't last much. In 1949, the Paullmann family moved to Chile.