The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022 - 2022)

Name: The U.S. and the Holocaust
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-09-18
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Peter Hayes, Deborah Lipstadt, Guy Stern

Documentary

Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants', but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolds in Europe, the U.S. prove unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate refuge seekers. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this three-part documentary series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Mendelsohn

Self

Peter Hayes

Self

Deborah Lipstadt

Self

Status: Ended
First Aired: 2022-09-18
Seasons: 1 seasons
Rating: ★ 8.3 / 10

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