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Nazi Germany's Race Laws, The United States, And American Indians, Robert J. Miller Oct 2021

Nazi Germany's Race Laws, The United States, And American Indians, Robert J. Miller

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Most Americans would be shocked to learn that in the 1920s and 1930s Adolf Hitler and Nazi scholars, lawyers, and officials were studying United States law while developing Germany’s policies and laws concerning Jews and the conquest of Eastern Europe. Most Americans would also be surprised that, as the leaders of the Third Reich were turning racist ideas into official German policies, Nazis were carefully studying United States federal Indian law and state laws that discriminated against Indian nations and American Indians.