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The NBC mini-series "Holocaust" should not have gone over well in Germany. The soap opera starring a very young Meryl Streep and James Woods was condemned as kitsch by none other than Eli Weisel. In January 1979, West Germans thought they had been thoroughly educated on the "murder of the Jews." But Holocaust mini-series turned out to be a sensation, and it changed the way Germans understood themselves. On the 30th anniversary of the show's German premiere, Independent Producer Eric Molinsky explains how the series became the eye of a perfect storm.
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The NBC mini-series "Holocaust" should not have gone over well in Germany. The soap opera starring a very young Meryl Streep and James Woods was condemned as kitsch by none other than Eli Weisel. In January 1979, West Germans thought they had been thoroughly educated on the "murder of the Jews." But Holocaust mini-series turned out to be a sensation, and it changed the way Germans understood themselves. On the 30th anniversary of the show's German premiere, Independent Producer Eric Molinsky explains how the series became the eye of a perfect storm.
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