A history to be reckoned with.
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.
Created byKen Burns, Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- EN
- First aired
- September 18, 2022
- Last aired
- September 21, 2022
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
Season 1
Episodes
No episodes found for this season.
Featuring
Cast & crew
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
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
- Created by
- Ken Burns
Sarah Botstein - Produced by
- Ken BurnsLynn Novick
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