From Swastika to Jim Crow: The German Jewish Refugee Scholars Hired at HBCUs (In Person & Online)

Queensborough Community College

March 5, 2026

12:00 PM — 3:30 PM

Join documentarians Joel Sucher & Steven Fischler will share their process making the film, "From Swastika to Jim Crow," that tells the story of German Jewish scholars fleeing Nazi Europe who joined the faculty at historically Black colleges & univ

Tags: HBCUs, Holocaust, Holocaust Memory, Jewish History, KHC, KHC-NEH Colloquium, Nazi era, QCC, Queensborough, Refugee, World War II, academia