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Rise of the Nazis - The Reckoning

Rise of the Nazis – The Reckoning

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Rise of the Nazis – The Reckoning –  In the waning years of the 1960s, West Germany stands as a beacon of prosperity and democratic values. The nation is helmed by Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger, a figure who embodies the country’s post-war reconstruction and growth. Yet beneath this facade of progress, a young German woman named Beate Klarsfeld is haunted by the unsettling truth. She knows the dark secret that Kiesinger, the nation’s leader, is concealing – his past as a former Nazi.     Driven by a relentless pursuit of justice and a desire to unveil the hidden truths of […]

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The US and the Holocaust episode 2 - Yearning to Breathe Free

The US and the Holocaust episode 2 – Yearning to Breathe Free

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The US and the Holocaust episode 2 – Yearning to Breathe Free: After Kristallnacht, Germany’s Jews are desperate to escape Hitler’s tyranny. Americans are united in their disapproval of the Nazis’ brutality, but remain divided on whether and even how to act as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists, while FDR tries to support Europe’s democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret.         The U.S. and the Holocaust is a three-part, six hour series that examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth

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