“The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws"
Fri. 08/05 - Sun. 07/22 @ Holocaust Museum Houston (map)
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- The Nazi legal assault on the Jews between 1933 and 1939 was not unique in its racial character nor in its segregationist aims. As with many Nazi attacks against the Jews, the Nazis took ideas and practices that were common in their own and other cultures and radicalized them to suit their needs. The American Jim Crow Laws were part of that inspiration. This exhibit will examine the Jim Crow laws — with a special focus on Houston’s segregationist past — and the Nuremberg laws. The exhibit is generously underwritten by Frost, H-E-B, Marathon Oil Corporation, and the Morgan Family Foundation, and is presented with special thanks to United Airlines, official airline of Holocaust Museum Houston.The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail exhibits@hmh.org.
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HoustonPress on “The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws" @ Holocaust Museum Houston
9 months agoRecognizing the importance of keeping history from repeating itself, The Holocaust Museum Houstons newest exhibition, The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws, examines the segregationist past of the U.S. and Germany. While Nazi Germany had the Nuremberg Laws to deny Jews political, economic and social rights, Americas Jim Crow laws limited the rights of African Americans. By viewing the images and listening to first-person accounts, viewers will be able to see how the struggle of Jews and African Americans mirrored each other. more
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