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The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)

A history to be reckoned with.

1 season3 episodes133 min per episode★ 8.7 · 2,064 votes

• Documentary
• History

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.

First aired

September 18, 2022

Last episode

September 21, 2022

Network

PBS

Country of origin

United States