Tue, Dec 09
|Online Webinar
What History Teaches: Isolationism, Immigration, and the World Watching
Learn about the United States’ reaction to Hitler’s rise to power and the persecution of Jews, focusing specifically on restrictive immigration policy, isolationist sentiment, and the consequences of American inaction.
Time & Location
Dec 09, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Online Webinar
About
Featured speaker: Dr. Daniel Greene, Adjunct Professor of History at Northwestern University and an expert on American responses to the Holocaust
Presented by Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
This is part of powerful webinar series, hosted by Holocaust museums and education centers across North America, exploring how democracy eroded and extremism took root in 1930’s Germany—and the urgent lessons we can draw today. All sessions are free 60 minute Zoom webinars. Click on each individual lecture title for more information about additional upcoming webinars and to register for a Zoom link.
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