Season 1
1978 | 5 Episodes
Holocaust
Drama, War, Romance, History
- NBC
United States
English- 1 Season (5 Episodes)
- 1978 - 1978
- Ended
The saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community.
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This miniseries follows each member of the Jewish Weiss family 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 subplot 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 S.S.
Country: United States
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English, Burmese
Release Date: April 16, 1978
Also Known As: ホロコースト, HolocaustХолокост, 大屠杀（短剧）, Holocausto, Olocausto, Holokaust, ホロコースト/戦争と家族, Ολοκαύτωμα, Holocaust: Die Geschichte der Familie Weiss, Olokaftoma, Holocauste, Förintelsen, Holocaust – Die Geschichte der Familie Weiß, Holocaust (A Weiss család története), Holocaust: The Story of the Family Weiss, Polttouhrit | See more »
Plot Keywords
berlin, germany
based on novel or book
husband wife relationship
holocaust (shoah)
ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
world war ii
jew persecution
warsaw ghetto
auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
nazi
male friendship
miniseries
historical drama
1940s
warsaw, poland
1930s
history
romance
war
nazi occupied poland
ss officer
nazi uniform
one word series title
nazi germany
nazi officer
nazi occupied country
nazi occupation
all star cast
ensemble cast
female frontal nudity
female full frontal nudity
jewish
lawyer
doctor
piano
anti semitism
holocaust
ss
baby
war crime
world war two
family relationships
swastika
nazi soldier
zionism
wedding
uncle
trauma
torture
starvation
soccer
smuggling
slide projector
resistance fighter
rape
quarry
printing press
pharmacist
nudity
massacre
mass murder
letter
jew
in law
heart murmur
ghetto
gestapo
firing squad
double suicide
deportation
death camp
concentration camp
classical music
civil engineer
buchenwald
berlin olympics
barbed wire
auschwitz
artist
year 1943
year 1942
year 1938
year 1935
tv mini series
genocide
rebellion
bigotry
female nudity
Company Credits
Production Co: Titus Productions
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Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series
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Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
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Outstanding Art Direction for a Drama Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
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Outstanding Limited Series
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series
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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
