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Eric Muller

Eric Muller is a law professor and writer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

  • Felix Muller at his New Jersey chicken farm
    Felix Muller at his New Jersey chicken farm
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    What’s in a Name

    The legacy of Nazi laws can still be found in the official documents for our grandfather—and other Jews who had their names changed against their will

    byEric MullerandDavid Muller
  • Left: Young evacuees of Japanese ancestry await internment at Turlock, California, May 2, 1942. Middle: Newspaper clipping from The Seattle Times. Right: Winter storm, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, 1943.
    Left: Young evacuees of Japanese ancestry await internment at Turlock, California, May 2, 1942. Middle: Newspaper clipping from The Seattle Times. Right: Winter storm, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, 1943.
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    How a Seattle Synagogue Made News by Hiring a New Custodian

    When Japanese immigrant Eddie Otsuka was released from an internment camp in 1945, nobody would hire him—except one rabbi who saw parallels in their personal plights

    byEric Muller
  • Leopold Müller’s identity card, issued in 1939.(Courtesy of the author)
    Leopold Müller’s identity card, issued in 1939.(Courtesy of the author)
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    Uncovering My Family’s History—or a Clever Scam—75 Years After Kristallnacht

    A woman in Germany claimed to have photos that could solve a mystery about my great-uncle’s death. But was she telling the truth?

    byEric Muller
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