 The American government demonstrated no knowledge of Perón 's deep admiration for Italy ( and his <unk> for Germany , whose culture he found too rigid ) . Nor did they appreciate that although anti @-@ Semitism existed in Argentina , Perón 's own views and his political associations were not anti @-@ Semitic . They paid no attention to the fact that Perón sought out the Jewish community in Argentina to assist in developing his policies and that one of his most important allies in organizing the industrial sector was José <unk> <unk> , a Jewish immigrant from Poland . 
