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“A history to be reckoned with.”

The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)

First aired September 18, 20222h 12m/ep1 season · 3 epsEnded
8.3

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Overview

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.

Created By

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein

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Top Billed Cast

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator

Daniel Mendelsohn

Daniel Mendelsohn

Self - Writer

Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes

Self - Historian

Deborah Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt

Self - Historian

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Eleanor Roosevelt

Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene

Self - Historian

Guy Stern

Guy Stern

Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army

Rebecca Erbelding

Rebecca Erbelding

Self - Historian

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Hermann Göring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Madison Grant

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

(voice)

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

(voice)

Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould

(voice)

Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys

(voice)

Bradley Whitford

Bradley Whitford

(voice)

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

September 21, 2022

Networks

PBS

Production

Florentine Films

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