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Teaching the Holocaust and other Genocides

Public Opinion Poll After Kristallnacht

Public Opinion after Kristallnacht

Short Answer Question

1. Based on the document, what was one impact of Kristallnacht on the American public?

2. How did Americans' opinions about the treatment of the Jews in Germany following Kristallnacht compare with their opinions about Jews immigrating to America? How might this support or challenge isolationist views?

Sources

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). Public Opinion Polls after Kristallnacht. https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-