On November 20, 1945, the surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany for the murder of millions of people.
American Experience: America and the Holocaust
This episode of The American Experience examines the role of the United States in the Holocaust, exploring such issues as American antisemitism and the deliberate suppression of information that European Jews were slated for genocide.
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