The U.S. and the Holocaust - Season 1 - Eps 2: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)
As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
About The U.S. and the Holocaust
Title: The U.S. and the Holocaust
First Air Date: 2022-09-18
Last Air Date: 2022-09-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.3/10 (from 14 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 3
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Florentine Films
Synopsis
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.
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
