The U.S. and the Holocaust A Film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein

Americans view themselves as "a nation of immigrants," but the United States was reluctant to accept even a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge during the Holocaust era. Through poignant testimonies from witnesses and survivors, this documentary explores the devastating human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic obstacles, and restrictive quota laws in America. Did our country live up to its ideals? This history demands reckoning.