The U.S. and the Holocaust
Season 1
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- S1 E1 - The Golden DoorDecember 31, 20212 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E2 - Yearning to Breathe FreeDecember 31, 20212 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E3 - The Homeless, Tempest-TossedDecember 31, 20212 h 9 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.This video is currently unavailable
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