Exploring democratic resilience in the face of fascist fear. President Roosevelt was able to rescue liberal democracy through an uncomfortable partnership with the Southern Democratic Party that combined progressive ideas with Jim Crow racism. We will contrast Hitler’s leadership with FDR’s and explore how FDR’s “missionary generation” responded to the threat of Nazism at home and abroad. Policy decisions are presented in the context of the unfolding events between 1933 and 1938 and the growing need to respond to international provocations. How does the past help us find resilience in the struggle to preserve democracy?
Destroying Democracy from Within: Failure and Limits of Democratic Institutions (1933-1938) Teaching the Holocaust & Genocide: Remembrance, Education, Building Resiliency