About
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
as Self - Narrator
Daniel Mendelsohn
as Self - Writer
Peter Hayes
as Self - Historian
Deborah Lipstadt
as Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Daniel Greene
as Self - Historian
Guy Stern
as Self - Hildesheim, U.S. Army
Rebecca Erbelding
as Self - Historian
Werner Herzog
as Hermann Göring
Paul Giamatti
as Madison Grant
Liam Neeson
as
Adam Arkin
as (voice)
Joe Morton
as (voice)
Elliott Gould
as (voice)
Matthew Rhys
as (voice)
Bradley Whitford
as (voice)
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938)
Reversing a history of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but unable to coordinate a response.
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)
As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - )
A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.
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