The U.S. and the Holocaust
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.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
8.3/10
14 votes
Rating consensus
83/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~83/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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)
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The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
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