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Holocaust (TV Miniseries)

Holocaust

1978

Marvin J. Chomsky

Michael Moriarty, Joseph Bottoms, Fritz Weaver, James Woods ...

7.5

1,913

TV Series. Drama. War "Holocaust" follows each member of the Jewish Family Weiss throughout Hitler's reign in Germany. One by one, the family members suffer the horrible fate of extermination under Anti-Semitic Nazi Law until only one son remains at the end of World War II. A sub-plot follows the story of Eric Dorf, a young German lawyer with a good heart who is changed into a mass murderer by membership in the SS.

	Author	Review
United States	Tom Shales The Washington Post	"It is hard to imagine television drama more demanding or rewarding (...) 'Holocaust' may seem to start slowly, but the story builds momentum and becomes an increasingly compelling experience"	POS
United Kingdom	BBC	"[It] raised awareness of the Shoah as a Jewish event."	POS

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