Seasons & episodes

S0 · E1The Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today 2022-09-08 · 57 min＋

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Madlin Sadler discuss the Holocaust and Refugees, Lessons for Today. Moderated by Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief washington correspondent.

S0 · E2The Holocaust and Authoritarianism Today 2022-09-15 · 64 min＋

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Michael Abramowitz discuss the Holocaust and authoritarianism today. Moderated by Julia Ioffe, Puck News.

S1 · E1The Golden Door (Beginnings - 1938) 2022-09-18 · 129 min＋

Reversing a history of open borders, 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 unable to coordinate a response.

S1 · E2Yearning to Breathe Free (1938 - 1942) 2022-09-20 · 138 min＋

As World War II begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Nazi Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

S1 · E3The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed (1942 - ) 2022-09-21 · 131 min＋

A group of dedicated government officials fights red tape to support rescue operations. As the Allies liberate German camps, the public sees for the first time the sheer scale of the Holocaust and begins to reckon with its reverberations.