Peter Coyote
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
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8.3
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Documentary
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132m
US
• English
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.
Cast
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Daniel Mendelsohn
as Self
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Peter Hayes
as Self
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Deborah Lipstadt
as Self
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Guy Stern
as Self
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Daniel Greene
as Self
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Rebecca Erbelding
as Self
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Eva Geiringer
as Self
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Sol Messinger
as Self
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Nell Irvin Painter
as Self
Timothy Snyder
as Self
Adam Arkin
as Self (voice)
Murphy Guyer
as Self (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
as Self (voice)
Joe Morton
as Self (voice)
Matthew Rhys
as Self (voice)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
as Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage)
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Stephen Wise
as Self (archive footage)
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Julius Stern
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes
The Golden Door (Beginnings — 1938)
E1 129mReversing 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.
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 — 1942)
E2 138mAs 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.
The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 — )
E3 131mA 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.
