The U.S. and the Holocaust

Overview

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Details

Cast

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator

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)

Matthew Rhys

Self (voice)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)