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The U.S. and the Holocaust

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Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museumโ€™s โ€œAmericans and the Holocaustโ€ 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.