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The U.S. and the Holocaust

Created by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick

2022

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.

First aired
18 Sep 2022
Episode length
131 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Writer
Geoffrey C. Ward
Cinematography
Buddy Squires, Wojciech Staroń
Editors
Charles E. Horton, Chase Horton, Tricia Reidy
Producers
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Mike Welt, Sarah Botstein
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    Season 1 · 2022

    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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