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The U.S. and the Holocaust Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
Sun, Sep 18, 2022129 mins
After decades of maintaining open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to pass its first laws restricting immigration. Meanwhile, in Germany, Hitler and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighboring countries or America. Franklin Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.
Episode 2
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
Mon, Sep 19, 2022138 mins
As World War II begins, Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether to act. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Meanwhile, Charles Lindbergh and isolationists battle with Roosevelt to try to keep America out of the war. Germany invades the Soviet Union and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Episode 3
The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-)
Tue, Sep 20, 2022131 mins
A group of dedicated government officials fight red tape to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allied soldiers advance, uncovering mass graves and liberating German concentration camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.
