The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)

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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.

Released Sept. 18, 2022 Episode 132 min 14+

Genres: Documentary, History

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Watch Providers: PBS, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, KQED

Production Companies: Florentine Films

Network: PBS

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 3800

8.7

/1942/

Trakt

/96/

TMDb

/14/

Letterboxd

4.3

/1599/

Tomatoes

100

/14/

Popcorn

Metacritic

/9/

Ken Burns
Director

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

S0E1 - The Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Madlin Sadler discuss the Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today. Moderated by Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief washington correspondent.

Sept. 8, 2022, midnight

S0E2 - The Holocaust and Authoritarianism Today

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Michael Abramowitz discuss the Holocaust and authoritarianism today. Moderated by Julia Ioffe, Puck News.

Sept. 15, 2022, midnight

Watch Trailer

PBS

132 min/ep

398 min

Sept. 18, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022, midnight

Ended

TV-14

14+