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

“A history to be reckoned with.”

8.3 / 10
2022
1 season
3 episodes
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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Cast

Peter Coyote

D

Daniel Mendelsohn

P

Peter Hayes

D

Deborah Lipstadt

G

Guy Stern

D

Daniel Greene

R

Rebecca Erbelding

E

Eva Geiringer

S

Sol Messinger

N

Nell Irvin Painter

Timothy Snyder

Adam Arkin

Seasons

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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