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The U.S. and the Holocaust

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.

2022 |1 Season  | 2h 12m |  Documentary

Videos

Cast

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Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator

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Meryl Streep

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Paul Giamatti

Madison Grant

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Liam Neeson

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Adam Arkin

(voice)

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Joe Morton

(voice)

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Elliott Gould

(voice)

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Matthew Rhys

(voice)

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Bradley Whitford

(voice)

Seasons List

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Specials

2022

poster

Season 1

2022

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Creator

Ken Burns

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

PBS