S1E1: The Golden Door (Beginnings -- 1938)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
The U.S. and the Holocaust S1E1: The Golden Door (Beginnings -- 1938)
- Aired: 2022-09-18
- Runtime: 129 minutes
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Overview
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 began persecuting Jewish people, causing many to seek refuge in neighboring countries or America. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.