STATE OF OUR (MA) STATE, Pt 2, Sept 18, 2022, Dianna Ploss with Jim and Joe Rizoli and Diane King

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Published on Sep 19, 2022
THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, KEN BURNS, PBS
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/us-and-the-holocaust/episode-guide

PART 1: After decades of maintaining open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to pass its first laws restricting immigration. Meanwhile, in Germany, Hitler and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to try to flee to neighboring countries or America. Franklin Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response. (128m 43s)

PART 2: The U.S. and the Holocaust Episode â€œYearning to Breathe Freeâ€ (1938-1942)
As World War II begins, Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether to act. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Meanwhile, Charles Lindbergh and isolationists battle with Roosevelt to try to keep America out of the war. Germany invades the Soviet Union and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews. (137m 35s)

PART 3: The U.S. and the Holocaust â€œThe Homeless, Tempest-Tossedâ€ (1942 - )
A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allied soldiers advance, uncovering mass graves and liberating German concentration camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations. (130m 51s)