The U.S. and the Holocaust
“A history to be reckoned with.”
2022•TV-14•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•8.3•Ended
Documentary
Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants', but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolds in Europe, the U.S. prove unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate refuge seekers. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this three-part documentary series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.
Creator
Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick
Network
PBS
Origin
US
Cast
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Mendelsohn
Self
Peter Hayes
Self
Deborah Lipstadt
Self
Guy Stern
Self
Daniel Greene
Self
Rebecca Erbelding
Self
Eva Geiringer
Self
Sol Messinger
Self
Nell Irvin Painter
Self
Timothy Snyder
Self
Adam Arkin
Self (voice)
Murphy Guyer
Self (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Self (voice)
Joe Morton
Self (voice)
Episodes
Recommended
7
The New York Times Presents
2020
7.5
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
2024
7.1
History 101
2020
7.6
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
2005
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
7.2
The Devil Next Door
2019
7.7
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
2012
6.5
Medal of Honor
2018
7
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
6.8
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare
2026
7.7
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
2025
7.5
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
7
The Last Movie Stars
2022
7.4
Death of the Pastor's Wife
2026
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
7.3
How to Become a Tyrant
2021
6.8
Visible: Out on Television
2020
8
Quarterback
2023
7.6
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
7.9
Arnold
2023
Similar Shows
6.2
The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis
2021
Eva Braun or the Banality of Evil
2007
The Real Dad's Army
2006
6.8
World War 2 - The Call of Duty: A Complete Timeline
2020
6.6
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
2025
7.9
The Dynasty: New England Patriots
2024
World War I at Home
2014
8
Napoléon III, le prix de l'audace
2025
7.7
Celtics City
2025
6.3
Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer
2022
台湾·1945
2015
Ärzte unterm Hakenkreuz
2004
2
Putin, Russia and the West
2012
8.3
Wild Isles
2023
7.9
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
2013
7.5
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
2022
7.6
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
2014
Diana: One Day in Paris
0
7.5
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
2026
7.2
The Machines That Built America
2021