1 Season
3 Episode
The U.S. and the Holocaust - Season 1 Episode 2 Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942)
A history to be reckoned with.
As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
- Year: 2022
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: holocaust (shoah), jewish history, american history
- Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein
- Cast: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Peter Hayes, Deborah Lipstadt, Meryl Streep, Daniel Greene