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Closing Our Doors

In 1939, a refugee ban kept 20,000 Jewish children out of the U.S.
by Ellen Umansky via Slate on March 8, 2017

A Twitter Tribute to Holocaust Victims

A conversation with the creator of a new social-media project that commemorates refugees the United States turned away in 1939.
by Russel Neiss, Candice Norwood via The Atlantic on January 27, 2017

What Americans Thought of Jewish Refugees on the Eve of World War II

On the eve of World War 2, most Americans opposed granting asylum to Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler.
by Ishaan Tharoor via Washington Post on November 17, 2015

US Prep Schools Held Student Exchanges with Elite Nazi Academies

The American exchange organizers were unaware that the German pupils and staff were charged with an explicitly propagandistic mission.
by Helen Roche via The Conversation on December 14, 2021
Old Bay Seasoning

The Jewish Roots of Old Bay Seasoning

Oy Bay! Become seasoned on the history of America's beloved spice blend.
by Leah Siesfeld via The Nosher on March 30, 2021
Father Coughlin gives a radio broadcast.

The Late ’30s Deplatforming of Father Coughlin

Then as now, not many people were willing to raise their own voices to defend the speech of a vulgarian spewing hate over a mass medium.
by Thomas Doherty via Slate on January 21, 2021

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