Program Description: "The Holocaust and Hollywood Studios at Home and Abroad" - Professor Steve Carr, Purdue University
History has concluded that Hollywood could or should have done more in the 1930's and 40's to call attention to the growing threat of Nazi anti-Semitism. This presentation highlights recent findings showing the complex relationship throughout this period that entangled American movie studios both at home and abroad, with Nazi anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, while embroiling Hollywood in a complex anti-Semitic disinformation campaign.
Professor Steven Carr, Purdue University - Communications Dept., is a film and media historian and founding Director of the Purdue U. Fort Wayne Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. A former Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and a former Research Fellow at the American Jewish Archives, Steve is the author of Hollywood and anti-Semitism, co-author of Teaching History with Message Movies and author of the 2026 book, The Holocaust and Hollywood Studios at Home and Abroad.
