TheU.S.andtheHolocaustisathree-part,six-hourseriesthattellsthestoryofhowtheAmericanpeoplegrappledwithoneofthegreatesthumanitariancrisesofthetwentiethcentury,andhowthisstruggletestedtheidealsofourdemocracy.
TheGoldenDoor(Beginnings-1938)
Afterdecadesofopenborders,axenophobicbacklashpromptstheUnitedStatestopasslawsrestrictingimmigration.InGermany,Hitlerfindssupportforhisanti-Semiticrhetoric,andtheNazisbegintheirpersecutionofJewishpeople,causingmanytofleetoneighbouringcountriesorAmerica.FranklinDRooseveltandotherworldleadersareconcernedbythegrowingrefugeecrisis,buttheyfailtocoordinatearesponse.
YearningtoBreatheFree(1938-1942)
AfterKristallnacht,Germany'sJewsaredesperatetoescapeHitler'styranny.AmericansareunitedintheirdisapprovaloftheNazis'brutality,butremaindividedonwhetherandevenhowtoactasWorldWarIIbegins.CharlesLindberghspeaksforisolationists,whileFDRtriestosupportEurope'sdemocracies.TheNazisinvadetheSovietUnion,andtheHolocaustbeginsinsecret.
TheHomelessTempestTossed(1942-)
ThefirstreportsofthekillingreachtheUnitedStates.AgroupofdedicatedgovernmentofficialsestablishtheWarRefugeeBoardtofinanceandsupportrescueoperations.AstheAlliesadvance,soldiersuncovermassgravesandliberateGermanconcentrationcamps,revealingthesheerscaleandhorroroftheHolocaust.Thedangerofitsreverberationssoonbecomeapparent.
