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Title America and the Holocaust [videorecording] : deceit and indifference / a Fine Cut Productions, Inc. ; WGBH Boston ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written, produced, and directed by Martin Ostrow.

Imprint [Boston, Mass.?] : WGBH Boston Video, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5315 Am35 2005    ---  Available
Edition Full screen.
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; Dolby digital.
Audience Not rated.
Language Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Performer Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Hal Linden.
Credits Editor, Stephanie Munroe ; music composed by Sheldon Mirowitz.
Note Originally broadcast on PBS in 1994 as an episode of The American experience.
Summary Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government.
Note Special DVD features include: printable materials for educators, access to the American Experience Web site, scene selection.
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Jewish refugees.
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Added Author Ostrow, Martin.
McCullough, David G.
Linden, Hal.
Fine Cut Productions.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Video (Firm)
Added Title Deceit and indifference
American experience (Television program)
ISBN 1593752350
Music No. WG38289 WGBH Boston Video

 
    
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