Holocaust (The Mini-Series) | Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty

Holocaust (The Mini-Series) | Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty | I would give this ten stars if I could

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	Holocaust (The Mini-Series) Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty Goodtimes Home Video, 1991 average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Plot Summary for "Holocaust" (1978) (mini) "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-Semetic 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. Summary written by Anthony Hughes

THE HOLOCAUST

I watched this on network tv when it premiered. It's even harder to watch it today. With twenty years of ethnic cleansings, and smaller holocausts under our belts, one of the major themes of the story holds even truer. If we aren't very very careful any of us can become a killer.

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I would give this ten stars if I could

Suspend your disbelief that one family could be involved in every major event of the Holocaust. The point is this is an outstanding mini-series with performances by actors that have gone on to become some of the best of their generation, most notably Meryl Streep. I first saw it as a TV mini-series and have revisited it several times in the intervening years. Each time I watch the series, I see new facets within the production that I did not focus on previously or come away with a clearer understanding of events during this horrific time period. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! My only complaint is that it had never been released on CD in the US. I would love to be able to adapt this mini series for classroom use.

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Great Educational Tool

We watched this film in a college Holocaust course and it covered all aspects of the Holocaust: perpetrators, bystanders, partisans, mentally handicapped, ghettos, concentration camps, and more. I highly recommend this movie even though it is long. All the students in my class couldn't wait to come to class to see what would happen next. Some very good actors not mentioned above such as James Woods and Merryl Streep.

Educational,thought-provoking

I watched the original series in 1978 when I was [...] ; it had a profound impact on my understanding of human atrocities and the depths of depravity. Interestly, I moved to Germany one year later and visited Dachau which forever seared visual images of remnant horrors that took place there and many concentration/death camps spread throughout Germany and other parts of Europe. Unbeknownst to me at the time, this movie and subsequent visit to Dachau, sparked an incredible thirst for historical knowledge and understanding surrounding WWII, Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler/Third Reich, anti-semitism, and racial-superiority/inferiority. As one who has spoken with Holocaust survivors and have lectured to a group on Yom HaShoah (Day of Remembrance)I realize the Holocaust encompasses a lifetime of study that proves to be significantly valuable to this present day and for the future.
It is not enough to view this and simply say "aww, that's sad", rather should be a wake-up call for people to understand the Holocaust from a proper perspective as the same ideals, philosphies, rhetoric, values, beliefs, pseudo-science, and psuedo-religious mindsets that lead to and enabled such atrocities continue to thrive in modern societies throughout the world.

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We have to remember

I saw the mini series HOLOCAUST as a child. I couldn't believe that people could be so cruel. I never forgot it.
I also remember the heroism. You know, it really is an uplifting film.
I lent the tape to a teacher friend of mine, and her students got it. They asked questions. They wanted to learn more about this period in history. They wanted to know more about man's inhumanity to man.
I'm going to keep lending that tape. I want people to learn.

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