Ken Burns
Director
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Season 1
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
Production Companies: Florentine Films
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938)
Reversing a history of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response.
Sept. 18, 2022, midnight
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S1E2 - Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)
As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Sept. 20, 2022, midnight
8.0
S1E3 - The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - )
A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.
Sept. 21, 2022, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 132 min.
Season Runtime: 398 min.
Released: Sept. 18, 2022
Last Air Date: Sept. 21, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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