Comms Director. Historian. Obsessive @Saints fan. I’m not from Earth, I’m from Missouri. I laugh at my own jokes.
Jul 16, 2020 • 18 tweets • 10 min read
1/ Many people - myself included - have accurately pointed to the disturbing similarities between the Nazi treatment of the Jews and the Chinese government's treatment of the #Uighurs.
I wrote about it here: washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/…2/ Amid those comparisons, I have seen several people say something along the lines of: "The United States didn't really know what the Nazis were doing to the Jews during the Holocaust."
That's a myth. Here's why.
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Nov 9, 2019 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD: Today is the 81st anniversary of #Kristallnacht. Many Americans assume that such events, as well as the broader scope of the Holocaust, was unknown in the United States.
Not so. Here's a sampling of how Kristallnacht was reported in newspapers in #Missouri alone.
#Kristallnacht in the St. Louis Star-Times.
Jan 27, 2019 • 23 tweets • 6 min read
In honor of #HMD2019, here's a (hopefully) brief thread on Carl Lutz.
For more information, start with the websites for the US Holocaust Museum and Yad Vashem.
Carl Lutz was born in 1895 in Switzerland. At the age of 18, and without knowing a word of English, he emigrated to the United States.
Soon, he enrolled at Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri, hoping to go into ministry or missionary work. (Photo via USHMM)
