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Summary Narrated by Peter Coyote, the three-part documentry series directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein examines the United States' response to the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust through interviews, first-person accounts and archival footage.
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 18, 2022
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Summary Narrated by Peter Coyote, the three-part documentry series directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein examines the United States' response to the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust through interviews, first-person accounts and archival footage.
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Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Sep 10, 2024
Devastating as it is to watch, as survivors grow fewer in number, rigorous, watertight documentaries such as this can be the first defence against Holocaust revisionism.
Jan 9, 2023
So no, we haven’t had enough stories about the Holocaust. And this one, from television’s greatest historians, is a masterpiece.
Sep 16, 2022
Piercing, must-see documentary. ... “The U.S. and the Holocaust” will break your heart and challenge your faith. It tells its nightmare story with eloquence, insight, rigor, and compassion, an unflinching report from master storytellers at the height of their powers.
Sep 15, 2022
For all the darkness of the history, there is much that's irresistible about the six hours of this saga. ... The series' commentators deliver views that are pricelessly succinct. ... The eloquence of the script by Geoffrey C. Ward is everywhere evident, though never more so than in the sections on the Statue of Liberty and the words of poet Emma Lazarus. Familiar as they may be by now, their powers, as used here, approach the sublime. The same can be said for the heart that went into the writing of these six unforgettable hours.
Sep 18, 2022
Adding to Ken Burns’ legacy of classy historical fare for PBS, The U.S. and the Holocaust is documentary filmmaking with a purpose, a three-night production that directly links undercurrents of American society that influenced the decades featured to lingering strains of White supremacy and anti-Semitism. It’s fascinating as history, but sobering as current events.
Sep 16, 2022
Six emotionally demanding hours. ... Thorough history of the American response, and lack of it, to Germany’s criminal war on the Jews. ... Burns’ measured style — some would call it sleepy — does not always do favors to his subject. (“Jazz” was not very … jazzy.) But in this case, given the elegiac, tragic nature of the material, it feels entirely apt. ... “The U.S. and the Holocaust” becomes harder to watch as it goes on, for obvious reasons — it is unflinchingly graphic. ... Yet I don’t think it’s been made to be popular, but from a sense of mission.
Jan 9, 2023
This is unvarnished history that attempts to scratch away the surface myths – and it is well worth your time.
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Mixed or Average Based on 61 User Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 61 User Ratings
5.7
56% Positive
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
7% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
38% Negative
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Florentine Films
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Initial Release Date: Sep 18, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Nominations
Television Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
