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European Jews fleeing to America in "The U.S. and the Holocaust"

2022/9/30
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"The U.S. and the Holocaust") looks at the World War II era when many European Jews fleeing the Nazis were turned away by America. Filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein tell a story that deeply resonates today as the United States grapples with the arrival of asylum seekers.