Series·2022·1 Season
The U.S. and the Holocaust
A history to be reckoned with.
Created By
Ken Burns
Country
US
Language
English
Episodes
3
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The Story
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.
Written By
Kevin Baker, Geoffrey C. Ward
Producer
Lynn Novick, Mike Welt
Cinematography
Wojciech Staroń
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
14 votes
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// cast
Cast
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
Daniel Mendelsohn
Self - Writer
Peter Hayes
Self - Historian
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt
Daniel Greene
Self - Historian
Guy Stern
Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army
Rebecca Erbelding
Self - Historian
Werner Herzog
Hermann Göring
Paul Giamatti
Madison Grant
Liam Neeson
(voice)
Adam Arkin
(voice)
Joe Morton
(voice)
Elliott Gould
(voice)
Matthew Rhys
(voice)
Bradley Whitford
(voice)
// crew
Crew
Lynn Novick
Producer, Director
Kevin Baker
Writer
Mike Welt
Producer
Ken Burns
Director, Producer
Sarah Botstein
Director, Producer
Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer
Wojciech Staroń
Director of Photography
Buddy Squires
Director of Photography
Tricia Reidy
Editor
Charles E. Horton
Editor
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