
" my boots have started to split " ? - the gap is like grand canyon !

as said before here - you could visit a proper old-time cobbler, or best of all, spend your money on high quality shoes from Berger or Vlatislav Koutny
During the war, Argentinian President Juan Peron, sold 10,000 blank Argentine passports to ODESSA
http://www.antifascistencyclopedia.com/?p=56390They show that 20,000 Germans settled in Brazil alone between 1945 and 1959.