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Join us for the series finale of What History Teaches: The Rise of Nazism with Dr. Daniel Greene, Adjunct Professor of History at Northwestern University and a leading expert on American responses to the Holocaust. 

Dr. Greene will unpack how the United States reacted to Hitler’s rise and the persecution of Jews, tracing the clash between isolationist sentiment and moral responsibility. He will examine restrictive immigration policies, what leaders knew and when, and how choices in Washington D.C. shaped lives across the Atlantic. 

Dr. Greene curated the acclaimed Americans and the Holocaust exhibition at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and served as historical advisor for the PBS documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust” by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein. 

This multi-part series brings together museums and education centers across North America to study how a democracy faltered in 1930s Germany and what warning signs to recognize today.