DG - Inheritance - PBS

Discussion Guide | InheritanceHeadlineSeason21PBSAMERICAN EXPERIENCE: AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUSTwww.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaustAmerica and the Holocaust uses the moving tale of Kurt Klein’sstruggles against a wall of bureaucracy to free his parents toexplore the complex social and political factors that led theAmerican government to turn its back on the plight of the Jews.AUSCHWITZ: INSIDE THE NAZI STATEwww.pbs.org/auschwitzThis six-part series looks at the historical context leading up tothe creation of Auschwitz and chronicles the camp’s operationsup to the trial of its SS leaders.DARING TO RESISTwww.pbs.org/daringtoresistIn Daring to Resist, three Jewish women reflect on their lives asteenagers in Holland, Hungary and Poland during World War IIwhen they refused to remain passive in the face of theHolocaust. Home movies and never-before-publishedphotographs enrich their stories of resisting in courageous andunexpected ways.NOVA: HOLOCAUST ON TRIALwww.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaustThe companion website to this film uses a celebrated recenttrial as a springboard to examine and successfully challengethe notion of Holocaust denial.RELIGION AND ETHICS: “GERMANS AND THE HOLOCAUST”www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethicsReligion and Ethics reports on the revival of anti-Semitism inGermany. After 60 years of remembering the horror of the NaziHolocaust, of creating memorials to the Jews who died and ofpaying reparations to Israel, some Germans — some of themneo-Nazis — are saying, “Enough apologizing.”WORLD WAR II ON PBSwww.pbs.org/wwii/holocaust.htmlThis PBS website hosts links to numerous Holocaust-relatedmaterials, including excerpts from Nazi leader JosephGoebbels’s diary, a link to Frontline’s investigation ofSwitzerland’s role as banker and financial broker for NaziGermany, and classroom resources.THE JEWISH AMERICANSwww.pbs.org/jewishamericansThis series on PBS explores 350 years of Jewish Americanhistory and has a host of links to information about Jews andassimilation, anti-Semitism, political activism, the Holocaust,and more.NOT IN OUR TOWNwww.pbs.org/niotThis national campaign’s website aggregates many usefulresources for communities wanting to take action against hate.© American Documentary, Inc.20