The U.S. and the Holocaust (Ken Burns) - BLU-RAY

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy.

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy.

As the Nazi regime systematically killed six million European Jews over the first half of the '40s, was America oblivious... or aware, but simply didn't care? Neither answer's correct, and this considered project from Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein takes a nuanced look at how Americans weighed one of history's greatest humanitarian crises, and raises issues of how our politicians, press, and public should respond to those in the future. 6 hrs. On three discs. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.