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pjw21200 t1_iqrqlmm wrote

Reply to comment by Maccabee2 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

No. No it’s not. It is a statement of fact. But you don’t really deal in facts, so you?

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Maccabee2 t1_iqrqfr7 wrote

Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Also, speaking of Israel and "apartheid" in the same sentence is a gross misrepresentation.

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HeyCarpy t1_iqro3kw wrote

Reply to comment by Smithy2232 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

I had no idea there was a new Burns doc in the works. Shame I’m in Canada and can’t stream it right now.

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pjw21200 t1_iqrnbga wrote

Reply to comment by kjblank80 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

He does discuss the eugenics laws and some about American praising Hitler. But he talked a lot about him crow laws and how that influenced laws against Jews in Germany

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bageldork t1_iqrmm0k wrote

Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

This was really well done. Watched all 3 episodes recently with my grandfather. A lot of information and photos we had never seen....very disturbing.

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kjblank80 t1_iqrlxfv wrote

Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Does Ken Burns go into how IBM developed the system Germany used to track and manage the Holocaust?

Does he go into how NYTimes his the Holocaust from the public?

Does he go into how Ivy League schools praised Hitler and how the US Eugenics movement influenced hitlers plans for the Holocaust?

The US internment camps are bad, but minor compared to other actions prior to us getting into war.

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pjw21200 t1_iqrjka0 wrote

Reply to comment by Maccabee2 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

That is not true. Nowhere at UC Berkeley are there “Jew-free spaces.” It was a gross misrepresentation of what some student groups were calling for, which stated that they did not want speakers, who spouted pro-apartheid policies in Israel. The Dean said this was not acceptable policy and only 10, out of 100 student groups adopted such policies. Now if you want to talk about Liberty University’s policy on Muslim speakers then we can talk about that.

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Maccabee2 t1_iqritjm wrote

Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Meanwhile, UC Berkeley just declared Jew-free spaces. You were saying?

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pjw21200 t1_iqrelji wrote

Reply to comment by coachfortner in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Oh really? That interesting! I’ll keep an eye out. And I hope people do get that message. Especially with republicans moving more authoritarian and other countries moving more towards nationalism. History is doomed to repeat itself.

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coachfortner t1_iqrec1l wrote

Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Ken Burns was very deliberate in how he framed the entire series with the closing scenes. From my understanding, he pushed to have this production completed & broadcast before the 2022 midterm elections in the US so that (hopefully) people would understand the ramifications of doing nothing when faced with evil & atrocity. Appeasement never works on fascists.

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Smithy2232 t1_iqqk317 wrote

Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Another excellent documentary by Ken Burns. Peter Coyote narrates it, which adds to the richness of the program. Many interesting stories I had not heard before. Highly recommend.

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s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_ OP t1_iqqjrlo wrote

Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Full episode synopsis:

> 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 begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to try to flee to neighboring countries or America. Franklin Roosevelt and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.

PBS webpage for the documentary, listing the other episodes.

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