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Buffyoh t1_iqs2fos wrote

Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

There were laws in European nations restricting the activities of Jews long before there were Jim Crow laws.

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jvrm1993 t1_iqsr39p wrote

Yes but the topic of the documentary is the US and the holocaust, so that was mainly what Burns focused on

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pjw21200 t1_iqs2num wrote

Yes but it was stated that Nazis turned to him crow laws when writing the Nuremberg laws.

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