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Holocaust: How a US TV series changed Germany
The Holocaust mini-series tells emotional personal stories ... It was made by the American TV station NBC and in 1978 watched by 120 million Americans. But German commentators slammed the series ...
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40 years ago, an American miniseries changed the way Germans thought about their history. Now ‘Holocaust’ is being shown there again.
In fact, the four-part series starring a young Meryl Streep and James Woods – first shown in the United States in 1978 ... Holocaust will be measured and judged in part by the TV production ...
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Marvin Chomsky, director of the influential TV miniseries ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92
(JTA) – Marvin Chomsky often relayed one searing memory from the set of his 1978 miniseries ... to “Holocaust,” Chomsky also had directing roles on many other monumental TV projects.