Free Republic

BOSTON (Reuters) - Collegial relations between Harvard University and the Nazis in the 1930s were a "shameful" episode that helped give a favorable picture of the regime in the United States, according to a report released on Sunday. "As the Nazi menace steadily increased ... Conant's administration at Harvard was complicit in increasing the prestige of Nazi regime by seeking and maintaining friendly and respectful relations with Nazi universities and officials," the report said. The findings were presented by Stephen Norwood, professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Oklahoma, from a paper presented at a Boston conference...