WHEN LAWS BECOME WEAPONS: TEACHING NAZI GERMANY'S LEGAL ASSAULT

February 4th, 2026

4:00 PM ET

Our webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.

The German government passed hundreds of laws and over a thousand policies and decrees from 1933-1939 aimed at restricting Jewish life and seeking to craft a society based on Nazi racial ideology. Utilizing the Timeline of the Holocaust, trace how a progression of laws and the weaponization of the legal system transformed Germany from a constitutional republic into a totalitarian state. Join Echoes & Reflections facilitator and classroom educator Tyrone Shaw as he offers practical strategies and student activities to encourage your students to think critically about the role of the law in society and how its abuse can lead to dangerous consequences.

This webinar connects to Unit 2 on the Echoes & Reflections website.

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