- Overview
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.
- Tagline
A history to be reckoned with.
- First Air Date
18 September 2022
- Last Air Date
21 September 2022
- Creator
Ken Burns
Lynn Novick
Sarah Botstein
- Stars
Peter Coyote
Daniel Mendelsohn
Peter Hayes
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