Yup, the Nazis did research on Jim Crow in order to figure out how to structure their own apartheid scheme. Sometimes, they even thought that some elements of American apartheid were TOO EXTREME to implement. What does that say about America? Another reason why people reach for the Nazi comparison first is because people are conditioned to empathize more with white victims of genocide. People are often taught about the Holocaust before they learn about the Taino people of current Dominican Republic, for instance