The U.S. and the Holocaust
TV Show| Title | The U.S. and the Holocaust |
| User score | 8.6 |
| Release date | Sep 18, 2022 |
| Release date of last episode | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Ken Burns , Lynn Novick , Sarah Botstein |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | Florentine Films |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 3 |
| Run time | 132 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodes
S1.E3 ∙ The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - )
Sep 21, 2022
S1.E2 ∙ Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)
Sep 20, 2022
S1.E1 ∙ The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938)
Sep 18, 2022
S0.E2 ∙ The Holocaust and Authoritarianism Today
Sep 15, 2022
S0.E1 ∙ The Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today
Sep 8, 2022
Videos
Teaser #2 'We are Challenged'
Jul 1, 2022
Preview
Jul 16, 2022
Official Trailer
Aug 10, 2022
The U.S. and The Holocaust Trailer
Sep 8, 2022
Inside Look
Aug 12, 2022
Actors
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Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
Daniel Mendelsohn
Self - Writer
Peter Hayes
Self - Historian
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt
Daniel Greene
Self - Historian
Guy Stern
Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army
Rebecca Erbelding
Self - Historian
Werner Herzog
Hermann Göring
Paul Giamatti
Madison Grant
Liam Neeson
Adam Arkin
(voice)
