1. Events
  2. AZPM in the Community
  3. U.S. and the Holocaust Special Preview Screenings & Panel Discussions
 September 9, 2022 / Modified oct 26, 2022 11:33 a.m.

U.S. and the Holocaust Special Preview Screenings & Panel Discussions

The new three-part documentary directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein.

U.S. and the Holocaust Special Preview Screenings & Panel Discussions. September 6 & 7, 2022.

In early September, AZPM presented a special preview of The U.S. and the Holocaust, the newest documentary from filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein. The three-part film examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American South.

The film screenings took place on September 6 at the Tucson J and again on September 7 at the Green Valley Community Performance & Arts Center. The film premiered on September 18 on PBS 6. It is available to stream at community.azpm.org/holocaust.

Watch the panel discussions below:

The panel discussion on Tuesday, September 6 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center featured Andrew Schot, Holocaust Survivor; Lori Shepherd, Executive Director of the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center; J. Edward Wright, Ph.D., Professor & Director, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona. Moderated by Todd Rockoff, President & CEO, Tucson Jewish Community Center.
The panel from Wednesday, September 7 at the Green Valley Community Performance & Arts Center includes Wanda Wolosky, Holocaust Survivor; Deborah Kaye, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona; Lori Shepherd, Executive Director of the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center. Moderated by Sharon Glassberg, MCC, LAC, Clinical Therapist/Wellness & Support Specialist at Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona.

MORE: AZPM in the Community
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona