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Author Norwood, Stephen H. (Stephen Harlan), 1951-2023

Title The Third Reich in the ivory tower : complicity and conflict on American campuses / Stephen H. Norwood.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  378.73 NO    Check Shelf
Description xi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index.
Contents Germany reverts to the dark ages : Nazi clarity and grassroots American protest, 1933-1934 -- Legitimating Nazism : Harvard University and the Hitler regime, 1933-1937 -- Complicity and conflict : Columbia University's response to fascism, 1933-1937 -- The Seven Sisters Colleges and the Third Reich : promoting fellowship through student exchange -- A respectful hearing for Nazi Germany's apologists : the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs Roundtables, 1933-1941 -- Nazi nests : German departments in American universities, 1933-1941 -- American Catholic universities' flirtation with fascism -- 1938, Year of the Kristallnacht : the limits of campus protest.
Summary Norwood (history & Judaic studies, Univ. of Oklahoma) provides chilling insight into the relationship between the Nazi state and American Ivy League colleges during the 1930s. Schools such as Harvard and Columbia not only resisted calls to boycott Nazi Germany but actively engaged in what can best be described as pro-Nazi activities. In addition to institutional cooperation through student exchange programs, they invited high-level Nazis to speak on campus. Many Ivy Leaguers smugly asserted that the Nazi regime was good for Germany and discounted reports about Nazi persecution of Jews and the suppression of free speech. The intensity of anti-Semitic activity was dismissed by academics such as President Butler of Columbia as either a fabrication by American Jews, who he claimed controlled the media, or as a necessary policy to reduce overt Jewish influence in Germany. In addition, some female students and faculty at women's colleges, especially the elite Seven Sisters, justified Nazi gender discrimination and the curtailment of women's right to education. VERDICT This disturbing study should be on the to-read list of anyone interested in pre-World War II America.
Subject Education, Higher -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
National socialism and education -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780521762434 hardback
052176243X hardback
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