The U.S. and the Holocaust

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  • Documentary History

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The Golden Door (Beginnings–1938)
Episode overview
Congress reverses open borders; Hitler and the Nazis begin their persecution of German Jews, causing many to seek refuge; President Franklin D. Roosevelt is concerned but unable to coordinate a response to the crisis.
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Yearning to Breathe Free (1938–1942)
Episode overview
As World War II begins, Americans unite in their disapproval of Nazi brutality and work to help refugees escape; Germany invades the Soviet Union and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
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The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942–)
Episode overview
A group of government officials supports rescue operations; the public sees for the first time the scale of the Holocaust as Allies liberate German camps.

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