Nuremberg Laws: How the Nazis Were Influenced by U.S. Jim Crow Laws
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | Noon | Zoom
Learn about the intersections between the Nuremberg Laws in Nazi Germany and eugenics laws and Jim Crow practices in the United States in this program featuring Tom White, Coordinator of Educational Outreach for the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College in New Hampshire. White will discuss how the Nazis looked to discriminatory policies in the United States, including the Jim Crow Laws, as they constructed their own racial policies targeting Jews during the Holocaust.
Presented in partnership with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College, and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh.