The U.S. and the Holocaust (series)

The U.S. and the Holocaust (series)

  • User score: 8.6
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Creator: Ken Burns , Lynn Novick , Sarah Botstein
  • Production companies: Florentine Films
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 9/18/2022
  • Release date of last episode: 9/21/2022
  • Series status: Ended
  • Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
  • Episodes count: 3
  • Run time: 132 min.

Series description

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.

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Actors

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

In 3 episodes

Role(s): Self - Narrator

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Daniel Mendelsohn

Daniel Mendelsohn

In 3 episodes

Role(s): Self - Writer

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Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes

In 3 episodes

Role(s): Self - Historian

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Deborah Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt

In 3 episodes

Role(s): Self - Historian

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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

In 3 episodes

Role(s): Eleanor Roosevelt

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