⁉️ 'The exhibition (The U.S. and the Holocaust), book, and film are the result of research that sought the answers to two major questions: What did Americans know about Nazi Germany? When did they know it?' | DeannaIsaacs 👇
“I wish that I could send some of my shock troops to Chicago and other big American cities to help in the elections,” the young leader of the Bavarian Fascisti party said grimly. “We look on Heinrich Ford as the leader of the growing Fascisti movement in America. We admire particularly his anti-Jewish policy which is the Bavarian Fascisti platform. We have just had his anti-Jewish articles translated and published. The book is being circulated to millions throughout Germany.
Among the stories they wanted to tell were those about ordinary Americans who did help. “While you see, in the exhibition, that the United States government and, for the most part, Americans, did not prioritize or do enough to aid the Jews and other targeted groups in Europe, there are some who did take extraordinary risks to do so,” Greene said.
They’re also hoping something can be learned from it. “One of the difficult questions is why didn’t the United States do more? And, especially, why didn’t they let more refugees from Nazi Germany and other Nazi-occupied areas into the country? As an immigration historian I’ve always been interested in this fundamental tension: we are a nation of immigrants, and we often close our doors to immigrants.
“This tension between the humanitarian ideal and political realities on the ground is one of the most fascinating stories in American history,” Greene said. “We debate it, generation after generation. Who’s included? Who’s excluded? Who gets to decide? The geography and the groups might change, but those questions get asked over and over again.”
Greene and Northwestern University professor emeritus Peter Hayes, both of whom were advisers on the documentary, will preview and discuss it at an in-person event on Monday September 19, 6 PM, at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie. It’s free, but reservations are required at
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