The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)

A history to be reckoned with.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Creator: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein
  • First Air Date: 2022-09-18
  • Last Air Date: 2022-09-21
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 3
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 132 min.
  • Production Company: Florentine Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: PBS
  • Directors: , , .
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: holocaust (shoah), jewish history, american history
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    The U.S. and the Holocaust Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2022-09-08
    2 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2022-09-18
    3 Episodes

    The U.S. and the Holocaust Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1The Golden Door (Beginnings -- 1938)129 min
    Season 1Episode 2Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)138 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942 -- )131 min
    • Peter Coyote

      as Self - Narrator
    • Daniel Mendelsohn

      as Self - Writer
    • Peter Hayes

      as Self - Historian
    • Deborah Lipstadt

      as Self - Historian
    • Meryl Streep

      as Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Daniel Greene

      as Self - Historian
    • Guy Stern

      as Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army
    • Rebecca Erbelding

      as Self - Historian
    • Werner Herzog

      as Hermann Göring
    • Paul Giamatti

      as Madison Grant
    • Liam Neeson

      as
    • Adam Arkin

      as (voice)
    • Joe Morton

      as (voice)
    • Elliott Gould

      as (voice)
    • Matthew Rhys

      as (voice)
    • Bradley Whitford

      as (voice)
    Writing Kevin Baker Writer
    Directing Lynn Novick Director
    Production Ken Burns Producer
    Production Mike Welt Producer
    Directing Ken Burns Director
    Production Lynn Novick Producer
    Writing Geoffrey C. Ward Writer
    Directing Sarah Botstein Director
    Sound Marlena Grzaslewicz Dialogue Editor
    Sound Matt Rigby Dialogue Editor
    Sound Mariusz Glabinski Sound Designer
    Editing Charles E. Horton Editor
    Camera Buddy Squires Director of Photography
    Editing Tricia Reidy Editor
    Sound Johnny Gandelsman Music
    Camera Wojciech Staroń Director of Photography

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