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The U.S. and the Holocaust: A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein
PRIMETIME EMMY® winner
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Episodes
- S1 E1 - Episode One: “The Golden Door” (Beginnings-1938)September 17, 20222 h 7 minAfter decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. In Germany, Hitler finds support for his antisemitic rhetoric and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighboring countries or America. FDR and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
- S1 E2 - Episode Two: “Yearning to Breathe Free” (1938-1942)September 18, 20222 h 16 minAfter Kristallnacht, Jews are desperate to escape Hitler’s expanding reach. Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether or how to act even as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists while FDR tries to support the European democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
- S1 E3 - Episode Three: “The Homeless, Tempest Tossed” (1942 - )September 19, 20222 h 10 minThe first reports of the killing reach the United States. A group of dedicated government officials form the War Refugee Board to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allies advance, soldiers uncover mass graves and liberate German concentration camps, revealing the sheer scale of the Holocaust. The danger of its reverberations becomes apparent.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
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- Audio languages
- English Dialogue Boost: Medium English English Dialogue Boost: High Español
- Subtitles
- English [CC] Español [CC]
- Directors
- Ken BurnsLynn NovickSarah Botstein
- Cast
- Peter CoyoteLiam NeesonMeryl StreepHelena ZengelAdam ArkinPaul CorningHope DavisLéon Dische BeckerPaul GiamattiOlivia GilliattMariusz GlabinskiElliott GouldMarlena GrzaslewiczMurphy GuyerWerner HerzogJosh LucasJoe MortonCarolyn McCormickMatthew RhysAgata WasBradley Whitford
- Studio
- PBS
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