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The U.S. and the Holocaust, a new documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, immigration and eugenics in the United States, and race laws in the American south.
Original Release
09/18/2022 on PBS
US Release
09/18/2022
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Daniel Mendelsohn | Self - Writer |
| Peter Hayes | Self - Historian |
| Deborah Lipstadt | Self - Historian |
| Daniel Greene | Self - Historian |
| Guy Stern | Self - St. Louis, Missouri / Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army / Self - U.S. Army |
| Rebecca Erbelding | Self - Historian |
| Sol Messinger | Self - Berlin, Germany / Self - Buffalo, New York |
| Nell Irvin Painter | Self - Historian |
| Eva Geiringer | Self - Vienna, Austria / Self - Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938) | Sunday, 18 September 2022 |
| 2 | Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) | Monday, 19 September 2022 |
| 3 | The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 |
Directors
Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Daniel Mendelsohn | Self - Writer |
| Peter Hayes | Self - Historian |
| Deborah Lipstadt | Self - Historian |
| Daniel Greene | Self - Historian |
| Guy Stern | Self - St. Louis, Missouri / Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army / Self - U.S. Army |
| Rebecca Erbelding | Self - Historian |
| Sol Messinger | Self - Berlin, Germany / Self - Buffalo, New York |
| Nell Irvin Painter | Self - Historian |
| Eva Geiringer | Self - Vienna, Austria / Self - Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Timothy Snyder | Self - Historian |
| Adam Arkin | (voice) |
| Murphy Guyer | (voice) |
| Carolyn McCormick | (voice) |
| Joe Morton | (voice) |
| Matthew Rhys | (voice) |
| Susan Hilsenrath | Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany |
| Joseph Hilsenrath | Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany |
| Marlene Jaeger Mendelsohn | Self - Shmiel's Niece |
| Paul Corning | (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
| Sarah Botstein | Producer |
| Mike Welt | Producer |
| Madeline Little | Producer |
| Vanessa Gonzalez-Block | Producer |
| Ken Burns | Producer |
| Lucas Frank | Producer |
| Stephen Sowers | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Nominated |
| 2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Nominated |
