The American Experience: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference Movie Review 1994

Depicts the U.S.'s slow response to the victimization of Jews in Nazi Europe through the story of a Jewish boy whose efforts to bring his family to America at the start of World War II are stalled by red tape and anti-Semitism. Includes commentary by government officials and historians, texts of letters and State Department documents, and footage from newsreels and archival films.

Distribution

PBS Home Video, Catalog Fulfillment Center, PO Box 751089, Charlotte, NC 28275-1089, Phone: (800)531-4727, Toll-free: 800-645-4PBS, Email: info@pbs.org, URL: http://www.pbs.org

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Holocaust, World War II, History--U.S.

Director

Marty Ostrow

Other

Hal Linden

Producer

Jean-Jacques Annaud