Ken Burns Latest Documentary Series Airing this week on PBS

[BoxsterCy]

Ken Burn's latest big documentary, The U.S. and the Holocaust, is airing on PBS this week. Caught the 1st episode (of three) by chance last night and it's the usual top quality Burn's stuff. Episode 1 is repeating tonight after Queen stuff at 8:30, at least here in MN. You'd have to check that for your states PBS but think this is national. It can also be stream direct from PBS or via Amazon Prime (I think). Episodes are two hours each, so not sound bit level coverage, about as in depth as you can get via film.

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Watch The U.S. and the Holocaust | New Documentary from Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein | PBS

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST is a three-part, six hour series directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, that examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Full series now streaming.

www.pbs.org

Disclosure: Dropping this outside "the cave" as sort of a public service announcement, not as an invitation for a bunch of political mudslinging. I am glad I stumbled onto it last night or I might have missed it entirely, hence wanting to share that it is airing. Hits home as a personal history interest point for me, I have pictures my father has of Buchenwald, one of the notorious death camps, from 1945.

 

[Cyrocks]

I recorded it last night, so I think I will have to record all the episodes so I can watch it from start to finish in order.

Ken Burns' stuff is always remarkable, but this is without a doubt the most controversial thing he has ever done.

 

[Trice]

We're about halfway through this and like all of his stuff, it's just so incredibly well-done. If you're a podcast person, go search for some of his interviews as he does the media circuit promoting this project. It's very interesting to hear him talk about it.

 

[CyCrazy]

I wonder if I can watch on Hulu because I am in.

 

[mj4cy]

Shoot just seeing this. Anyway to catch up on the episodes already aired?

 

[cayin]

Saw it last night, sadly there are some parallels to today

 

[WIBadger]

I wonder if I can watch on Hulu because I am in.

If not, I think making a donation to pbs gets you access to their stuff as VOD (definitely confirm that though, I’m not sure if there is a minimum donation). So you could always make a small donation to watch it

 

[Trice]

Shoot just seeing this. Anyway to catch up on the episodes already aired?

You can get it on Roku, though you'll need to create a (free) PBS account and log in.

 

[mj4cy]

You can get it on Roku, though you'll need to create a (free) PBS account and log in.

ok cool. No Roku unfortuantely. Do have a PBS account thats how ive watched his other stuff. Guess I'll wait til it gets there.

 

[helechopper]

Sign up for the PBS app and watch at will, as well as all their other programming.

I don't mind supporting PBS a little.

 

[Trice]

ok cool. No Roku unfortuantely. Do have a PBS account thats how ive watched his other stuff. Guess I'll wait til it gets there.

If you have a PBS account, you can watch it online. Or on any other smart TV that has a PBS app. There might be other ways too, I'm not sure.

 

[CyCrazy]

If not, I think making a donation to pbs gets you access to their stuff as VOD (definitely confirm that though, I’m not sure if there is a minimum donation). So you could always make a small donation to watch it

So just search PBS on my Roku app?

 

[CyCrazy]

I figured it out, and its free through Hulu, starting to watch now. Thanks Woo, and Boxster for finding this.

 

[Entropy]

Getting a chance to watch the second episode tonight.

I was aware of the story of the St. Louis Manifest, but seeing the full story makes it even more heartbreaking.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

The hindsight in this series figuratively makes me sick to my stomach. I kept thinking about relatives and how old they were at different times pictured. And then I realized it’s been 80+ years…

 

[WIBadger]

The hindsight in this series figuratively makes me sick to my stomach. I kept thinking about relatives and how old they were at different times pictured. And then I realized it’s been 80+ years…

It’s surprising how recent it was though too. Because MLK, Anne Frank, Hayden Fry, and Audrey Hepburn were all born the same year

 

[cowgirl836]

Saw it last night, sadly there are some parallels to today

It is incredible that the rhetoric is nearly word for word used today.

 

[cowgirl836]

It’s surprising how recent it was though too. Because MLK, Anne Frank, Hayden Fry, and Audrey Hepburn were all born the same year

Anne Frank would be 3 yrs younger than Queen Elizabeth.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Getting a chance to watch the second episode tonight.

I was aware of the story of the St. Louis Manifest, but seeing the full story makes it even more heartbreaking.

Finished all three episodes and not a lot I didn't already generally know, but the extra detail and the behind the scenes info was educational for me. Gunther, the escapee turned US Army soldier and the family friend of Anne Frank were particularity compelling in their stories. And it pulled everything together into one presentation. I've heard most of this but fragmented from different sources over the years so it was great for me to see it all encapsulated like this.

Will have to go through my dad's letters home and find the one where he talks about Buchenwald. He has some pictures, that I've never shared, of either Buchenwald or the slave labor camp at Nordhausen, he saw both of them.

 

[CyCrazy]

I knew most of this but the detail they go into is fascinating. I am on number 3. .