James Loef­fler is Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of His­to­ry and Jew­ish Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Vir­ginia, for­mer Robert A. Savitt Fel­low at the Unit­ed States Holo­caust Memo­r­i­al Muse­um, and for­mer Dean’s Vis­it­ing Schol­ar at the George­town Uni­ver­si­ty Law Center.