Larry Lewallen book links Jim Crow and Nazi racial law

Larry Lewallen’s new historical book argues that Nazi lawyers drew on U.S. Jim Crow statutes, eugenics programs and race science while developing the Nuremberg Laws. The release frames the book as a documented account of America’s influence on Nazi racial policy and its long aftermath.

Why it matters: - The book argues that U.S. racial law was not just a domestic system, but part of the intellectual and legal backdrop for Nazi racial policy. - That framing ties American segregation and eugenics to one of the 20th century’s most consequential atrocities. - The book also challenges postwar memory by arguing that America’s influence on Nazi law was later forgotten.

What happened: - Larry Lewallen released FROM JIM CROW TO NUREMBERG: America’s Contribution to the Nazi Holocaust as a documented historical account. - The book examines how Nazi lawyers studying the Nuremberg Laws looked to American Jim Crow statutes, eugenics programs and race science. - The release says the book is available now on Barnes & Noble.

The details: - The book traces the history from the end of slavery through the Holocaust and into the present. - It places U.S. law, racial practices and eugenic ideas alongside the development of Nazi racial policy. - The Nuremberg Laws are the book’s central focus. - The narrative treats Jim Crow, eugenics and race science as connected elements in a broader history of racial governance. - The book ends with a catalog of 38 ethnic cleansings since 1830. - That closing section broadens the scope beyond the U.S. and Nazi Germany to a longer history of organized violence against ethnic populations.

Between the lines: - The book is built around documentation and historical linkage, not a narrow national history. - Lewallen’s background in military service, manufacturing, healthcare and federal leadership appears to shape the book’s systems-oriented approach. - The release presents the work as a corrective to public memory that has minimized America’s role in the history it describes.

What's next: - The book is now on sale, and the release invites review copies and interview requests. - Lewallen’s second book follows his novel The Unraveling. - Larry C. Lewallen, a U.S. Army veteran and retired Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, lives in Columbus, Georgia, with his wife, Barbara.

The bottom line: - The book argues that American racial systems helped inform Nazi legal thinking, and that the connection deserves a more central place in historical memory.