The U.S. and the Holocaust

Explores Americas response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.

2022 HD 131min TV-14 United States English

Ken Burns Peter Coyote Peter Hayes Daniel Mendelsohn Deborah Lipstadt Meryl Streep Paul Giamatti Daniel Greene Guy Stern Rebecca Erbelding

Documentary History

holocaust shoah jewish history american history

S1E1 - The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938) 2022-09-18

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.

S1E2 - Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942) 2022-09-20

As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

S1E3 - The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - ) 2022-09-21

A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.

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