Though there were differences between Germany’s effort to wipe out Jews (and others) and Japan’s massacres, there was a common ideological basis for these outrages. What lay behind Nazi ideology and Japan’s aggressive militarism, and why were they so vicious?

Daniel Chirot, Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Washington, compares the ideologies underlying this violence, as well as looking at other genocides of the 20th century, to show why we cannot rule out the possibility of this kind of violence occurring again.

This talk is part of the fall 2020 weekly lecture series "Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust," made possible through the generosity of Steven Baral.