re: Ken Burns’ The US and the Holocaust

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What country other than Russia played a bigger role in ending the Holocaust?

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Literally almost every one of the allies until we had war declared on us by Japan in 1941?

This documentary is about how America largely failed to live up to it's self-proclaimed ideals and not only sat on the sideline for years, but many of the same undercurrents that fed fascism in Germany were being fed(and embraced) at home.

A reminder, the country was largely split on intervening from 1939-1941, a critical period of the Nazi advancement and emboldening, when the Nazis began to ramp up their exterminationist rhetoric and policies toward Jews/Gays/Socialists/Communists etc. With famous celebrities like Charles Lindberg being unabashedly pro German and Father Coughlin, the Rush Limbaugh/Tucker of his day, was a fervent anti-semite and supporter of the Nazis actions against the Jews, gays, and socialists, and commanded the largest radio audience in the country, speaking mostly to the same rural/small town audiences modern firebrands do. Even after Pearl Harbor he was demanding America stay out....Though thankfully sentiment fully shifted and that did him in as an influencer.