An excellent piece that reminds us that, however many similarities we may find between these dark days and the 1930s, the differences make everything more complex. Even back then, the capacity of the US to take receive European academics was quite limited.
Wrote a little about the work the U.S. put into helping academics escape fascism during WWII and why we can't rely on that for our future
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
The realization can either break you or liberate you.