The Holocaust and the United States

For a refugee, possession of the proper documents can mean the difference between life and death.  How do the stories of some of the individuals featured in this episode—Günther Stern, Susi and Joseph Hilsenrath, and Otto Frank and his family—illustrate the impact of bureaucratic decisions and the protective power of citizenship?

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