The U.S. and the Holocaust
The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

A history to be reckoned with.

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Documentary

Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants', but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolds in Europe, the U.S. prove unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate refuge seekers. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this three-part documentary series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.

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Created by

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein

Network

PBS

Language

English

Episodes

Top Cast

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Daniel Mendelsohn

Self

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Peter Hayes

Self

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Deborah Lipstadt

Self

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Guy Stern

Self

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Daniel Greene

Self

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Rebecca Erbelding

Self

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Eva Geiringer

Self

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Sol Messinger

Self

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Nell Irvin Painter

Self

Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder

Self

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Self (voice)

Murphy Guyer

Murphy Guyer

Self (voice)

Carolyn McCormick

Carolyn McCormick

Self (voice)

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Self (voice)

Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys

Self (voice)

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