This was excellent - approachable, concise, and very interesting.

In the period up to and including WW2, a number of Jewish educators in Germany and Austria were sacked from their universities; efforts were made by those outside these countries to find them work. (It's not relevant to this book, but one of the places I found about this wider effort was through learning about Ernest Rutherford, who is New Zealand's greatest scientist - hence my interest - and who was involved in trying to find placements for many of his scientist colleagues.) In an American context, however, a number of these scholars ended up employed in US institutions. I understand from this book that some studies have already been done in this area, but From Swastika to Jim Crow focuses on the traditional Black colleges and universities, and how they welcomed Jewish refugee scholars.

There is, one can understand, an obvious point of commonality, as both Jewish and African American populations were marginalised in some absolutely horrific ways. Sympathies between the two communities were natural. It's a fascinating relationship, and I'd like to read more about it. If only the book were longer!