The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

86.00% | September 18, 2022 | Documentary

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.

Ken Burns
Creator
Lynn Novick
Creator
Sarah Botstein
Creator

Cast

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
Daniel Mendelsohn
Daniel Mendelsohn
Self - Writer
Peter Hayes
Peter Hayes
Self - Historian
Deborah Lipstadt
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt

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