Race and Blood: California's influence on Nazi eugenics and racial science

Abstract

The Nazis' race-based crimes are well documented and well-known. Most people are familiar with Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and concentration camps. Less known, however, is America's role in influencing these racial crimes - California in particular. After the American Reconstruction period, elitists and utopians responded to the influx of new workers by creating and pursuing an ideal of a blond-haired, blue-eyed Nordic race.