The U.S. and the Holocaust

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Documentary·2022·1 Seasons

Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.

Starring: Peter Coyote,Daniel Mendelsohn,Peter Hayes,Deborah Lipstadt

Episodes

Season 1
The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938)

S01 | E01

The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938)

2022-09-18

Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)

S01 | E02

Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)

2022-09-20

The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - )

S01 | E03

The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - )

2022-09-21

Cast

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator

Daniel Mendelsohn

Daniel Mendelsohn

Self - Writer

Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes

Self - Historian

Deborah Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Eleanor Roosevelt

Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene

Self - Historian

Guy Stern

Guy Stern

Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army

Rebecca Erbelding

Rebecca Erbelding

Self - Historian

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Hermann Göring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Madison Grant

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

(voice)

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

(voice)

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

(voice)

Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould

(voice)

Details

First Aired
2022-09-18
Last Aired
2022-09-21
Status
Ended
Network
PBS
Production
Florentine Films
Creator
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein

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