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A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allied soldiers advance, uncovering mass graves and liberating German concentration camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.
Original Release
09/20/2022
US Release
09/20/2022
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Daniel Mendelsohn | Self - Writer |
| Deborah Lipstadt | Self - Historian |
| Eva Geiringer | Self - Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Sol Messinger | Self - Buffalo, New York |
| Daniel Greene | Self - Historian |
| Peter Hayes | Self - Historian |
| Rebecca Erbelding | Self - Historian |
| Timothy Snyder | Self - Historian |
| Guy Stern | Self - U.S. Army / Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army |
Directors
Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Daniel Mendelsohn | Self - Writer |
| Deborah Lipstadt | Self - Historian |
| Eva Geiringer | Self - Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Sol Messinger | Self - Buffalo, New York |
| Daniel Greene | Self - Historian |
| Peter Hayes | Self - Historian |
| Rebecca Erbelding | Self - Historian |
| Timothy Snyder | Self - Historian |
| Guy Stern | Self - U.S. Army / Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army |
| Benjamin Ferencz | Self - U.S. Army |
| Marlene Jaeger Mendelsohn | Self - Shmiel's Niece |
| Nell Irvin Painter | Self - Historian |
| Adam Arkin | (voice) |
| Marlena Grzaslewicz | (voice) |
| Murphy Guyer | (voice) |
| Josh Lucas | (voice) |
| Carolyn McCormick | (voice) |
| Joe Morton | (voice) |
| Matthew Rhys | (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Sarah Botstein | Producer |
| Ken Burns | Producer |
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
| Lucas Frank | Producer |
| Vanessa Gonzalez-Block | Producer |
| Madeline Little | Producer |
| Stephen Sowers | Producer |
| Mike Welt | Producer |
