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The U.S. and the Holocaust

The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938) (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 129 min | Documentary, History

A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
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Updated Sep 18, 2022

Release date
Sep 18, 2022 (United States)

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65 cast members
Name Known for
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Peter Hayes
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Daniel Mendelsohn
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Rebecca Erbelding
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Daniel Greene
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Nell Irvin Painter
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Deborah Lipstadt
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Guy Stern
Self - Hildesheim, Germany (as Günther Stern) Self - Hildesheim, Germany (as Günther Stern)   See fewer
Daniel Okrent
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Timothy Snyder
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Sol Messinger
Self - Berlin, Germany Self - Berlin, Germany   See fewer
Susan Hilsenrath
Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany   See fewer
Joseph Hilsenrath
Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany Self - Bad Kreuznach, Germany   See fewer
Eva Geiringer
Self - Vienna, Austria Self - Vienna, Austria   See fewer
Adam Arkin
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Paul Corning
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Leon Dische Becker
Actor (voice) (as Léon Dische Becker) Actor (voice) (as Léon Dische Becker)   See fewer
Paul Giamatti
Madison Grant (voice) Madison Grant (voice)   See fewer
Olivia Gilliatt
Actress (voice) Actress (voice)   See fewer
Elliott Gould
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Murphy Guyer
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Carolyn McCormick
Actress (voice) Actress (voice)   See fewer
Joe Morton
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Matthew Rhys
Actor (voice) Actor (voice)   See fewer
Bradley Whitford
Thomas Wolfe (voice) Thomas Wolfe (voice)   See fewer
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Self - Writer & Poet (archive footage) Self - Writer & Poet (archive footage)   See fewer
Alexander Graham Bell
Self - Inventor (archive footage) Self - Inventor (archive footage)   See fewer
Herman Bland
Self - Polish American Jew (archive footage) Self - Polish American Jew (archive footage)   See fewer
Lotte Bland
Self - Polish American Jew (archive footage) Self - Polish American Jew (archive footage)   See fewer
Louis Brodsky
Self - Judge (archive footage) Self - Judge (archive footage)   See fewer
Avery Brundage
Self - President of the United States Olympic Committee (archive footage) Self - President of the United States Olympic Committee (archive footage)   See fewer
Emanuel Celler
Self - U.S. Congressman from New York (archive footage) Self - U.S. Congressman from New York (archive footage)   See fewer
Neville Chamberlain
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage)   See fewer
Calvin Coolidge
Self - 30th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 30th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Father Coughlin
Self - Priest & Radio Personality (archive footage) Self - Priest & Radio Personality (archive footage)   See fewer
Édouard Daladier
Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of France (archive footage)   See fewer
Cecil B. DeMille
Self - Film Director (archive footage) Self - Film Director (archive footage)   See fewer
William E. Dodd
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Germany (archive footage) Self - U.S. Ambassador to Germany (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry Ford
Self - Founder of Ford Motor Company (archive footage) Self - Founder of Ford Motor Company (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archive footage) Self - Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (archive footage)   See fewer
Madison Grant
Self - Conservationist (archive footage) Self - Conservationist (archive footage)   See fewer
Herschel Grynszpan
Self - German Jew Who Killed Ernst vom Rath (archive footage) Self - German Jew Who Killed Ernst vom Rath (archive footage)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self - Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage) Self - Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage) Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage)   See fewer
Herbert Hoover
Self - 31st President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 31st President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Cordell Hull
Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Helen Keller
Self - Author & Disability Rights Advocate (archive footage) Self - Author & Disability Rights Advocate (archive footage)   See fewer
Emma Lazarus
Self - Writer & Poet (archive footage) Self - Writer & Poet (archive footage)   See fewer
Golda Meir
Self - Future Prime Minister of Israel (archive footage) Self - Future Prime Minister of Israel (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Self - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (archive footage) Self - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (archive footage)   See fewer
Edgar Ansel Mower
Self - Journalist, Chicago Daily News (archive footage) Self - Journalist, Chicago Daily News (archive footage)   See fewer
Gerald Nye
Self - U.S. Senator from North Dakota (archive footage) Self - U.S. Senator from North Dakota (archive footage)   See fewer
Jesse Owens
Self - Olympics Athlete (archive footage) Self - Olympics Athlete (archive footage)   See fewer
William Dudley Pelley
Self - Founder of the Silver Legion of America (archive footage) Self - Founder of the Silver Legion of America (archive footage)   See fewer
Frances Perkins
Self - U.S. Secretary of Labor (archive footage) Self - U.S. Secretary of Labor (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Proskauer
Self - New York Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) Self - New York Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)   See fewer
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - 32nd President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 32nd President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Theodore Roosevelt
Self -26th President of the United States (archive footage) Self -26th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Margaret Sanger
Self - Birth Control Activist (archive footage) Self - Birth Control Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Alfred E. Smith
Self - Former Governor of New York (archive footage) (as Al Smith) Self - Former Governor of New York (archive footage) (as Al Smith)   See fewer
Hedwig Stern
Self - Mother of Günther Stern (archive footage) Self - Mother of Günther Stern (archive footage)   See fewer
Julius Stern
Self - Father of Günther Stern (archive footage) Self - Father of Günther Stern (archive footage)   See fewer
Dorothy Thompson
Self - Journalist (archive footage) Self - Journalist (archive footage)   See fewer
Stephen Wise
Self - Rabbi (archive footage) Self - Rabbi (archive footage)   See fewer
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