How to watch Ken Burns’ ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ documentary series on PBS
The latest Ken Burns documentary series “The U.S. and the Holocaust” airs this week on PBS.
Here are some helpful programming details, as the schedule has changed slightly due to coverage of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday.
▪ Part 1 premiered Sunday, Sept. 18, but it will repeat Monday night, Sept. 19, on PBS NC at 9:30 p.m.
▪ Part 2 will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m. and 10:22 p.m. on PBS NC.
▪ Part 3 will air at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. on PBS NC.
Learn more from the PBS NC online schedule.
How to watch ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ online
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Details on ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
“The U.S. and the Holocaust” is a new three-part, six-hour series from Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein.
It uses first-person accounts of Holocaust witnesses and survivors, along with interviews with historians and writers.
From PBS: The series “tells the story of how the American people grappled with one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century, and how this struggle tested the ideals of our democracy. By examining events leading up to and during the Holocaust with fresh eyes, this film dispels the competing myths that Americans either were ignorant of what was happening to Jews in Europe or that they merely looked on with callous indifference. The truth is much more nuanced and complicated, and the challenges that the American people confronted raise questions that remain essential to our society today: What is America’s role as a land of immigrants? What are the responsibilities of a nation to intervene in humanitarian crises? What should our leaders and the press do to shape public opinion? What can individuals do when governments fail to act?”
Some programming descriptions are provided by networks.
