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The U.s. and the Holocaust

DVD - 2022 DVD 940.531 US, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / History / US and the Holocaust 4 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD 940.531 US, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / History / US and the Holocaust
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Originally broadcast on PBS as a three-part documentary television program in 2022.
Program content: ©2022.
Wide screen (16x9).
"This program contains mature content which may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised."
"A history to be reckoned with."
Disc 1. Episode 1. The golden door (beginnings-1938) -- Disc 2. Episode 2. Yearning to breathe free (1938-1942) -- Disc 3. Episode 3. The homeless, tempest-tossed (1942- ).
Narrator, Peter Coyote ; voices-overs, Adam Arkin, Hope Davis, Paul Giamatti, Olivia Gilliatt, Elliott Gould, Murphy Guyer, Werner Herzog, Josh Lucas, Joe Morton, Carolyn McCormick, Liam Neeson, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Bradley Whitford, Helena Zengel.
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a "nation of immigrants," but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this 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.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

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