American Experience. deceit and indifference / America and the Holocaust :
In 1937, 17-year-old Kurt Klein emigrated to the U.S. to escape the growing discrimination against Jews following Hitler's rise in 1933 and then worked to get his parents out of Germany. The film uses the tale of Klein's struggles against a wall of bureaucracy to explore the complex social...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Arlington, VA :
Public Broadcasting Service,
1994
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| Series: | American Experience
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| Summary: | In 1937, 17-year-old Kurt Klein emigrated to the U.S. to escape the growing discrimination against Jews following Hitler's rise in 1933 and then worked to get his parents out of Germany. The film uses the tale of Klein's struggles against a wall of bureaucracy to explore the complex social and political factors that led the American government to turn its back on the plight of the Jews. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed October 6, 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (83 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:22:52 |
| Language: | In English. |
