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Premiered

Sunday, April 16, 1978

Ended: Wednesday, April 19, 1978

When does Holocaust Season 1 come out?

Holocaust Season 1 premiered Sunday, April 16, 1978 on NBC and ended Wednesday, April 19, 1978. The season has 4 episodes.

Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a young Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a beautiful Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the terrifying maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the tragic storms of World War II and the unspeakable horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious but wimpy lawyer undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.

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1. The Gathering Darkness

Berlin, Germany, 1935. The Weisses, a Jewish family, celebrate son Karl's marriage to Inga Helms, a Christian girl. When Erik Dorf is unable to find work as a lawyer, wife Marta urges him to apply for a Nazi regime job. Erik Dorf warns Dr. Weiss he should leave Germany. Karl is arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, and Dr. Weiss is deported to Poland. Erik Dorf continues to advance in the Nazi hierarchy.

Sunday · 48 years ago

2. The Road To Babi Yar

Inga is desperate to reunite with Karl, but her parents do not want to risk hiding her Jewish in-laws. Rudi runs away from their hiding place. Erik Dorf helps Heydrich plan and execute his Final Solution. Moses and Dr. Weiss are caught when the Nazis overrun Poland. Helena rescues Rudi from a patrol. Berta joins her husband in the Warsaw ghetto. Rudi and Helena escape to Russia.

Monday · 48 years ago

3. The Final Solution

Rudi and Helena escape from a long procession of Jews being marched into Babi Yar. They are eventually rescued from a hayloft by a group of Jewish partisans. Erik Dorf attends a top-level Nazi conference in which Heydrich gives orders of the final solution for all the Jews in Europe. Karl Weiss has been transferred to Theresienstadt concentration camp that the Germans use to display to the Red Cross officials and representatives of neutral countries that Jews are being treated kindly. Karl learns that his fellow artists in the camp are creating propaganda paintings by day while secretly drawing images of the brutal conditions of the camp by night.

Tuesday · 48 years ago

4. The Saving Remnant Finale

Erik Dorf complains to the other SS leaders that the executions of the Jews are not being efficiently done. An order is placed by Erik for Zyklon B (a lethal gas) for use at Auschwitz and other camps. Inga asks Müller to denounce her and have her sent to Karl at Theresienstadt. Felscher sells four of the secret drawings done by him, Frey and Karl, which depict the brutal conditions at Theresienstadt, to a Czech gendarme, which the SS get a hold of. Felscher, Frey and Karl are called in for questioning and then tortured. Karl survives and is sent to Auschwitz.

Wednesday · 48 years ago

Holocaust Season 1 guest stars

  • Blanche Baker

    Blanche Baker

    Anna Weiss

  • Martin Brandt

    Rabbi Karsh

  • Werner Kreindl

    Werner Kreindl

    Herr Helms

  • Götz von Langheim

    Berlin Doctor

  • Nina Sandt

    Nina Sandt

    Frau Helms

  • Michael Beck

    Michael Beck

    Hans Helms

  • Ian Holm

    Ian Holm

    Heinrich Himmler

  • Lee Montague

    Lee Montague

    Uncle Sasha

  • Isolde Barth

    Isolde Barth

    Eva

  • Käte Jaenicke

    Käte Jaenicke

    Frau Lowy

  • Peter Garell

    Yuri

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Vernon Dobtcheff

    Karp

  • Jeremy Levy

    Aaron Feldman

  • Marius Goring

    Marius Goring

    Heinrich Palitz

  • Cyril Shaps

    Cyril Shaps

    Weinberg

  • Erwin Steinhauer

    Buchenwald Typist

Holocaust Season 1 FAQ

When does Holocaust Season 1 come out?

Holocaust Season 1 premiered Sunday, April 16, 1978 on NBC.

How many episodes are in Holocaust Season 1?

Holocaust Season 1 has 4 episodes.

Are new episodes of Holocaust Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released daily.

When is the Holocaust Season 1 finale?

The Holocaust Season 1 finale (Episode 4) aired Wednesday, April 19, 1978.

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