Holocaust
A story of hope in a time of despair
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.
- Created by
- Gerald Green
- First aired
- Apr 16, 1978
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NBC
- Episodes
- 4
- Country
- US
Watch Holocaust
S1 E1: The Gathering Darkness
S1 E1 The Gathering Darkness
Apr 16, 1978Berlin, Germany, 1935. The Weisses, a Jewish family, celebrate son Karl's marriage to Inga Helms, a Christian girl. When Erik Dorf is unable to find work as a lawyer, wife Marta urges him to apply for a Nazi regime job. Erik Dorf warns Dr. Weiss he should leave Germany. Karl is arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, and Dr. Weiss is deported to Poland. Erik Dorf continues to advance in the Nazi hierarchy.
Cast
Tom Bell
Adolf Eichmann
Joseph Bottoms
Rudi Weiss
Tovah Feldshuh
Helena Slomová
Rosemary Harris
Berta Palitz Weiss
Tony Haygarth
Heinz Müller
Michael Moriarty
Erik Dorf
Deborah Norton
Marta Dorf
George Rose
Lowy
Robert Stephens
Uncle Kurt Dorf
Meryl Streep
Inga Helms Weiss
Sam Wanamaker
Moses Weiss
David Warner
Heydrich
Fritz Weaver
Dr. Josef Weiss
James Woods
Karl Weiss
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