Tuesday, 25 August 2009 14:55
America and the Holocaust
VHS, 80 min., 1994, CC
As early as 1942, validated stories of the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews surfaced in Washington. Yet a "paper wall" of bureaucratic red tape and an anti-Semitic political climate obstructed the emigration of Jewish refugees. Using interviews, archival photos and documents, and home movies and film from the time, the program traces the tragic story of America's inaction. While the War Refugee Board saved 200,000 lives, it was too little, too late for many.
As early as 1942, validated stories of the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews surfaced in Washington. Yet a "paper wall" of bureaucratic red tape and an anti-Semitic political climate obstructed the emigration of Jewish refugees. Using interviews, archival photos and documents, and home movies and film from the time, the program traces the tragic story of America's inaction. While the War Refugee Board saved 200,000 lives, it was too little, too late for many.
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History