THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST

PBS 12

8 p.m. on

From filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein comes this three-part series about how the American people grappled with one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century, the Holocaust, and how this struggle tested the ideals of our democracy. The film dispels the competing myths that Americans either were ignorant of what was happening to Jews in Europe, or that they merely looked on with callous indifference. The truth is much more nuanced and complicated, and raises questions that remain essential to our society today. (Series Premiere) (N)