The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022
★★★★☆ 8.3/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 132 min/episode
Documentary
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.

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Seasons

Season 1
2022 • 3 Episodes
Reversing a history of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response.

Cast

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
Daniel Mendelsohn
Daniel Mendelsohn
Self - Writer
Peter Hayes
Peter Hayes
Self - Historian
Deborah Lipstadt
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt
Daniel Greene
Daniel Greene
Self - Historian

Crew

Director
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein
Writer
Kevin Baker, Geoffrey C. Ward
Producer
Lynn Novick, Mike Welt, Ken Burns

Network

PBS

Production

Florentine Films

Keywords

holocaust (shoah)jewish historyamerican history