How a TV show starring Meryl Streep changed Germany: a Yad Vashem Podcast [On the Holocaust]

On the Holocaust - Yad Vashem by Yad Vashem

Feb 19, 202330:32Society & Culture

In the late 1970’s, the American TV mini series “Holocaust” was broadcast in West Germany, and immediately took over the public discourse. For many younger Germans, this was the first time they’d seen the Jewish victims...

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