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

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0215

Overview

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.
Other Title: American experience (Television program)
Variant Title: Deceit and indifference
Format: Video
Published: [Boston, Mass.?] : WGBH Boston Video, c2005
Locale: United States
Edition: Full screen
Other Authors/Editors: Ostrow, Martin.
McCullough, David G.
Linden, Hal.
Fine Cut Productions.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Video (Firm)
Notes: Originally broadcast on PBS in 1994 as an episode of The American experience.

Special DVD features include: printable materials for educators, access to the American Experience Web site, scene selection.

Editor, Stephanie Munroe ; music composed by Sheldon Mirowitz.

Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Hal Linden.

Not rated.

DVD; Dolby digital.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Language: English
ISBN: 1593752350
9781593752354
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--United States. World War, 1939-1945--United States. Jewish refugees. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs.

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