| Description |
1 online resource (137 minutes) |
| Summary |
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy. After Kristallnacht, Jews are desperate to escape Hitler's expanding reach. Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether or how to act even as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists while FDR tries to support the European democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret |
| Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed January 10, 2023) |
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"A history to be reckoned with" |
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Originally produced as a documentary miniseries on PBS |
| Credits |
Edited by Tricia Reidy and Charles E. Horton ; original music produced by Johnny Gandelsman ; cinematography, Buddy Squires and Wojciech Staron |
| Performer |
Narrated by Peter Coyote |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Foreign public opinion, American
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence
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Jewish refugees -- United States -- Public opinion
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage -- United States
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Burns, Ken, 1953- director, producer
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Novick, Lynn, director, producer
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Botstein, Sarah, 1972- director, producer
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Welt, Mike, producer
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Coyote, Peter, narrator
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Florentine Films, production company
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher, film distributor
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