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LocoForChocoPuffs t1_iqsemyr wrote

Reply to comment by Jacques_Ellul in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_

Did you watch the documentary? Because it explicitly discusses the Nazis using US Jim Crow laws as a model.

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Jacques_Ellul t1_iqslbv5 wrote

Maybe I wasn't clear but I thought my first sentence indicated that I had not. I realize people love Ken Burns but his accounts of the Civil War and Vietnam are absolute disasters; they're obviously master films created by a true craftsmen but it doesn't follow that we should treat him as Thucydides or something.

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pcgamerwannabe t1_iqsuwiw wrote

Your first sentence sounds like a condemning of the documentary as a white washing.

I see what you mean now.

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