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Series 1
How the land of immigrants faced the reality of Holocaust refugees. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? Powerful documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein.
Series that examines how the American people and their leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the 20th century, and how the catastrophe challenged their identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of American democracy.
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