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A documentary. The documentary is about the United States of America's immigration policy during the Holocaust. Throughout most of the 1930s and World War II, the United States government deliberately kept the influx of European Jews to America well below America’s official immigration quota for that part of the world. This policy, rooted in a variety of political concerns, as well as frequently transparent anti-Semitism left millions with no haven from the Nazi terror, and emboldened Hitler to transition from a policy of Jewish emigration to extermination.

Director : Hilan Warshaw

Production Year : 2024

Duration : 95

Language : English

The U.S. and the Holocaust- Episode 1 - The Golden Door (Beginnigs 1938)

A documentary television series. After decades of maintaining open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to pass its ﬁrst laws restricting immigration. Meanwhile, in Germany, Hitler and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to try to ﬂee to neighboring countries or America. Franklin Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.

Director : Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein

Production Year : 2022

Duration : 129

Language : English