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Film/TV

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022
PBS

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Featured Excerpts

  • Gelringer family, who were later deported to Auschwitz.
    Film Review

    The Millions We Failed to Save

    The recent documentary "The US and the Holocaust" is a scathing, even bombastic indictment of US immigration policy over the past 160 years.
    by Ruth Franklin via New York Review of Books on June 1, 2023
  • Ken Burns speaking into a microphone.
    TV Review

    Shaming Americans

    Ken Burns’s "The U.S. and the Holocaust" distorts the historical record in service of a political message.
    by Amity Shlaes via City Journal on January 9, 2023
  • Jalyn Hall (left) as Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler (right) as Mamie Till Bradley in the movie Till.
    Film Review

    Two Recent Movies Help Us Connect the Dots Between Jim Crow and Fascism

    With Kanye and Kyrie Irving dominating the news, the connections between victims of white supremacy are more relevant than ever.
    by Soraya Nadia McDonald via Andscape on November 22, 2022
  • Crowds of people filling Ellis Island Immigration Station
    Film Review

    Ken Burns Turns His Lens on the American Response to the Holocaust

    Commemorating the Holocaust has become a central part of American culture, but the nation’s reaction in real time was another story.
    by James McAuley via The New Yorker on September 18, 2022

Associated Excerpts

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The Almanac Singers playing various instruments, including guitars, a banjo, and an accordion.

"Which Side Are You On, Boys..."

Watching the Ken Burns series on the U.S. and the Holocaust and thinking about American folk music.
by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on October 3, 2022
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