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The U.S. and the Holocaust
Teaser #2 'We are Challenged'
"We're challenged to think of what we would have done, what we could have done, what we should have done." The U.S. and the Holocaust 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. Premieres Sept. 18.
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2:10:51
Los Aliados liberan los campos Alemanes y el público ve la magnitud del Holocausto.
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En la guerra, algunos estadounidenses ayudan a los refugiados; otros son indiferentes.
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2:08:43
Una reacción xenófoba lleva al Congreso a restringir la inmigración.
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2:10:51
As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
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2:17:35
As war begins, some Americans work tirelessly to help refugees; others remain indifferent.
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2:08:43
Reversing open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration.