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The U.S. and the Holocaust

Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, The U.S. and the Holocaust examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south.
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Schedule

  • The U.S. and the Holocaust: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942): TVSS: Iconic

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)

    Saturday
    Aug 22

    4 Hours

    As World War II begins, Americans unite in their disapproval of Nazi brutality and work to help refugees escape; Germany invades the Soviet Union and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
  • The U.S. and the Holocaust: The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 -- ): TVSS: Iconic

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 -- )

    Saturday
    Aug 29

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    A group of government officials supports rescue operations; the public sees for the first time the scale of the Holocaust as Allies liberate German camps.

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