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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: The Golden Door (Beginnings -- 1938): TVSS: Iconic

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The Golden Door (Beginnings -- 1938)

    Saturday
    Aug 15

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    Congress reverses open borders; Hitler and the Nazis begin their persecution of German Jews, causing many to seek refuge; President Franklin D. Roosevelt is concerned but unable to coordinate a response to the crisis.
  • 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

    2 Hours 30 Minutes

    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.

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