This course examines the immigration of Holocaust perpetrators to the US in the post-war period. With the use of several individual case studies, the course will follow known or reliably-accused Holocaust perpetrators chronologically through periods of liberation, displacement, transfer, resettlement, and prosecution. Each set of immigration-related circumstances experienced by perpetrators will be compared to those of other displaced groups, such as Holocaust survivors and war refugees, in order to provide context for the distinctiveness of perpetrators’ journeys. The course will question the relationships immigrant perpetrators had with various actors including the US government, post-war refugee groups, religious organizations, law enforcement, and local communities, as well as their continued efforts to conceal the fact of their perpetration. Primary and secondary historical sources will be analyzed, and no significant prior knowledge of the topic is needed.
HGS 605/805-SP23B - Nazis Next Door: Holocaust Perpetrators as Immigrants to the US



