[7] Voice actors and narrators for the miniseries include Liam Neeson, Matthew Rhys, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, Werner Herzog, Joe Morton and Hope Davis.

It then continues with an examination of the United States before World War II and the Holocaust, including antisemitism, anti-immigrant xenophobia, white supremacy, and how Nazi Germany looked to the segregated Jim Crow South as a model worthy of emulation.

[10] A radio dispatch by Edward R. Murrow, from December 1942, describes it in plain language: “Millions of human beings, most of them Jews, are being gathered up with ruthless efficiency and murdered.”[3] The miniseries ends with footage of recent events in the U.S., including the 2015 Charleston church shooting, the 2017 Unite the Right rally, the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the 2021 January 6 United States Capitol attack.

[7] In an Op-Ed published shortly before the premiere of the documentary, the filmmakers underlined the parallels between the rise of Nazism and the situation in the United States in late 2022.

"We are witnessing the rising appeal of authoritarianism abroad and at home, we are bombarded by social media outlets that spread divisive falsehoods and hatred, and, a mere two months before midterm elections, we find our democracy itself under attack."

"[18] Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dorothy Rabinowitz of Wall Street Journal wrote that the series was "sublime" and "shined a light on political aspects" of the Holocaust "never before addressed in a TV documentary.