The U.S. and the Holocaust

The American Press in Germany

It wasn’t easy for foreign correspondents to report what was really happening in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Sources were often too frightened to talk. Reporters were reluctant to quote witnesses by name for fear of betraying them to the secret police – called the Gestapo. But the best American journalists did write about what was going on, however much the Nazi government tried to hide it.

The American Press in Germany

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  • En Español: "Los Destituidos, Abrumados por Adversidades”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    En Español: "Los Destituidos, Abrumados por Adversidades”

    S1 E6 - 2h 10m

    Un grupo de funcionarios del gobierno dedicados a la causa, apoyan a financiar las operaciones de rescate. En tanto que los soldados Aliados avanzan y van descubriendo fosas comunes así como liberando campos de concentración Alemanes, el público ve por primera vez la magnitud del Holocausto y comienza a entender sus repercusiones.

  • “The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed” (1942 - ): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed” (1942 - )

    S1 E3 - 2h 10m

    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.

  • En Español: “Anhelando Poder Respirar en Libertad”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    En Español: “Anhelando Poder Respirar en Libertad”

    S1 E5 - 2h 17m

    Al empezar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los estadounidenses desaprueban la brutalidad Nazi y dudan si deben hacer algo. Individuos y organizaciones trabajan para ayudar a escapar a los refugiados. Charles Lindbergh y aislacionistas luchan contra Roosevelt para tratar de que Estados Unidos se mantenga fuera de la guerra. Alemania invade la Unión Soviética y comienza la matanza de Judíos Europeos.

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