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The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
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Film Review
The Millions We Failed to Save
The recent documentary "The US and the Holocaust" is a scathing, even bombastic indictment of US immigration policy over the past 160 years.
by
Ruth Franklin
via
New York Review of Books
on
June 1, 2023
TV Review
Shaming Americans
Ken Burns’s "The U.S. and the Holocaust" distorts the historical record in service of a political message.
by
Amity Shlaes
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City Journal
on
January 9, 2023
Film Review
Two Recent Movies Help Us Connect the Dots Between Jim Crow and Fascism
With Kanye and Kyrie Irving dominating the news, the connections between victims of white supremacy are more relevant than ever.
by
Soraya Nadia McDonald
via
Andscape
on
November 22, 2022
Film Review
Ken Burns Turns His Lens on the American Response to the Holocaust
Commemorating the Holocaust has become a central part of American culture, but the nation’s reaction in real time was another story.
by
James McAuley
via
The New Yorker
on
September 18, 2022
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"Which Side Are You On, Boys..."
Watching the Ken Burns series on the U.S. and the Holocaust and thinking about American folk music.
by
William Hogeland
via
Hogeland's Bad History
on
October 3, 2022