Bolivia, an unusual destination, was one of the last refugee options available to Jewish migrants during the Holocaust. At the end of the 1930s, Bolivia’s Jewish population was a very small one; within less than a decade, however, it grew into a substantial community with numerous institutions. Jews became the first large-scale immigrant group to this country. This chapter explores why the Bolivian government chose to assist these refugees during a period when many other countries in Latin America were closing their doors. It examines the geopolitical and historical conditions that led this postcolonial nation to approach modernisation with a settler migration mindset. The chapter highlights that Bolivia’s reception of Jewish refugees, a topic largely overlooked in migration studies and Holocaust research, deserves greater attention and further exploration.