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, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein

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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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