8.6
Summary
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.
Cast
Peter Coyote
Daniel Mendelsohn
Peter Hayes
Deborah Lipstadt
Meryl Streep
Daniel Greene
Guy Stern
Rebecca Erbelding
Werner Herzog
Paul Giamatti
Liam Neeson
Adam Arkin
Joe Morton
Elliott Gould
Matthew Rhys
Bradley Whitford
Crew
Creator
Ken Burns
Creator
Lynn Novick
Creator
Sarah Botstein
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Miniseries
Networks:
Keywords
holocaust (shoah)
jewish history
american history
