(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)September 12, 2022

Film Discussion: The U.S. and the Holocaust, dir. Ken Burns

With Dr. Rebecca Erbelding

Friday, November 15 / 9:55 – 11:35 / Online
This event is free and open to the public

Online (WebEx) only. Registration required.
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Part of our “Open Classroom” series—You are invited to join the students in Dr. Labendz’s course on the Holocaust as they discuss the week’s theme and assignments (including watching the documentary) with Dr. Erbelding of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Please allow our students to speak and ask questions first.

The U.S. and the Holocaust is a three-part, six hour series that examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a “nation of immigrants,” but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with (via PBS).

For more than thirty years, Ken Burns and his collaborators have produced and directed some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made. Through this impressive collection discover things you never knew about the people and events that molded our history (via PBS).

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