JW Marriott Austin
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Production Company: Florentine Films
Produced for: PBS
Executive Producer (Production Company): Ken Burns
Executive Producer (network/platform): Not applicable
Country or Territory where first released: USA
Synopsis:
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 firsthand testimony of survivors who 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.
