The US and the Holocaust

BBC Four

1:35 AM to 3:40 AM

Thursday 16 January

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Documentary examining how the American people and their leaders responded to the Holocaust, and how this catastrophe challenged their identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of American democracy. After decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompted the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. In Germany, Hitler found support for his antisemitic rhetoric and the Nazis began their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighbouring countries or America. President Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response