Holocaust is an American television
miniseries broadcast in four parts in 1978 on the
NBC television network. The series tells the story of
the Holocaust from the perspective of the (fictional) Weiss family of
German Jews and that of a rising member of the
SS, who gradually becomes a merciless
war criminal.
Holocaust highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during
World War II, such as
Kristallnacht, the creation of Jewish
ghettos and later, the use of
gas chambers. Although the miniseries won several awards and received critical acclaim, it was criticized by some, including noted Holocaust survivor and author
Elie Wiesel, who described it as "untrue and offensive."