Aired Friday 13 December, 5:05pm - 6:15pmon PBS America (Freeview)

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Name: 5:05pm - The U.S. and the Holocaust
Start: 2024-12-13T17:05:00Z
End: 2024-12-13T18:15:00Z
Location: PBS America (Freeview)

Series 1: The Golden Door (Beginnings -- 1938)

Congress passes its first laws restricting immigration after decades of maintaining open borders; in Germany, Hitler and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to other countries including America.

Category: Documentary
Original air date: 18/09/2022

Cast and crew

Ken BurnsDirector
Peter CoyoteNarrator
Matthew RhysOtto Frank
Carolyn McCormickEmma Lazarus/Dorothy Thompson
Paul CorningThomas Bailey Aldrich/Theodore Roosevelt
Paul GiamattiMadison Grant
Olivia GilliattHelen Keller
Adam ArkinEmanuel Celler
Murphy GuyerEdmond Taylor
Elliott GouldStephen Wise
Joe MortonW.E.B. DuBois
Bradley WhitfordThomas Wolfe
Leon BeckerHerschel Grynszpan

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