'We are only following the law' doesn't explain immigration policy during Nazi era or now
- Written by Laurel Leff, Associate Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
Holocaust historians’ first impulse is to reject comparisons between those dark decades and our present. We don’t want to be perceived as abusing history for political purposes, or engaging in overly emotional analyses.
But then comes a moment when it’s not possible to avoid parallels.
For me, that moment came two weeks ago.
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