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The US and the Holocaust

Series 1

The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 9 months

After decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. In Germany, Hitler finds support for his anti-Semitic rhetoric, and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighbouring countries or America. Franklin D Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis, but they fail to coordinate a response. Show less

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