The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)

A history to be reckoned with.

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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  • First Air Date: 2022-09-18
  • Last Air Date: 2022-09-21
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 3
  • Episode Runtime: 132 min.
  • Network: PBS
  • Directors: Lynn Novick, Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein.
  • Creator: Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick

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  • Seasons

    • Season 0

      2 Episodes

    • Season 1

      3 Episodes

    Trailer

    Cast

    • 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)

    • Joe Morton

      (voice)

    • Elliott Gould

      (voice)

    • Matthew Rhys

      (voice)

    • Bradley Whitford

      (voice)

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