The U.S. and the Holocaust: A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein
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Episodes
S1 E1 - Episode One: “The Golden Door” (Beginnings-1938)
September 17, 20222 h 7 minAfter decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. In Germany, Hitler finds support for his antisemitic rhetoric and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighboring countries or America. FDR and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchaseS1 E2 - Episode Two: “Yearning to Breathe Free” (1938-1942)
September 18, 20222 h 16 minAfter Kristallnacht, Jews are desperate to escape Hitler’s expanding reach. Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether or how to act even as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists while FDR tries to support the European democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret.Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchaseThe price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.S1 E3 - Episode Three: “The Homeless, Tempest Tossed” (1942 - )
September 19, 20222 h 10 minThe first reports of the killing reach the United States. A group of dedicated government officials form the War Refugee Board to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allies advance, soldiers uncover mass graves and liberate German concentration camps, revealing the sheer scale of the Holocaust. The danger of its reverberations becomes apparent.Subscribe to PBS Documentaries or PBS Masterpiece & PBS Documentaries or purchaseThe price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
