Season 1
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, The U.S. and the Holocaust 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.
“The Golden Door” (Beginnings-1938)
Reversing open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration.
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“The Golden Door” (Beginnings-1938)
“Yearning to Breathe Free” (1938-1942)
As war begins, some Americans work tirelessly to help refugees; others remain indifferent.
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“Yearning to Breathe Free” (1938-1942)
“The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed” (1942 - )
As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
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