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Hitler's American Model The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

James Q. Whitman

How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In

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The Rachel Maddow Show

The book was written by James Q. Whitman and explores how the Nazis learned about American race law from the University of Arkansas Law School and used it as a basis for writing the Nuremberg Laws.

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The reason that I was, and James Q. Whitman's Yale scholar who wrote Hitler's American Model, Which is brilliant. which is a brilliant book and I would recommend it to anyone. It's not even that long....

— Episode: BONUS: Live with Chris Hayes and Rachel...

Episode: BONUS: Live with Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow

The book was written by James Q. Whitman and explores how the Nazis learned about American race law from the University of Arkansas Law School and used it as a basis for writing the Nuremberg Laws.

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The reason that I was, and James Q. Whitman's Yale scholar who wrote Hitler's American Model, Which is brilliant. which is a brilliant book and I would recommend it to anyone. It's not even that long. Who does some of the early scholarship on this?

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The book was referenced during a discussion about J.D. Vance's comment calling Trump "America's Hitler," serving as historical context for the comparison. No endorsement or critique was offered, and it was mentioned only in passing.

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