Holocaust (TV series)

Holocaust was a television series in four parts of the American network NBC, which was first broadcast in april 1978.

The series is set during the persecution of Jews in nazi Germany (under the influence of this series called the Holocaust is going to be) and follows the fictional German Jewish family Weiss both as someone who makes career in the SS . Important events like the Crystal night, the formation of the ghetto's and the gas chambers in the series along.

Although the series won several awards and acclaim from critics got, he also received criticism, among other things by the author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, which the series ' untrue ', ' offensive ' and ' cheap ' mentioned.

Holocaust is directed by Marvin Chomsky, with actors like Meryl Streep, James Woods and Michael Moriarty.