I began yo feel as much sympathy for the oppressors as the oppressed by the end. The lack of any sense of self-preservation of many of the artists was unfathomable, even though most had already been expelled from Germany or hounded across Europe as refugees. Then there was the hubris of the AERC & it's patrons to value artists & academics over the desperate ordinary people they could have helped (I choked with anger during the montage scene where Fry asks while interviewing Jewish refugees, "are you an artist, politician or have you published in an academic journal?"). Highlights of the series are a spotlight on American attitudes toward the refugees & toward the war. And on the diplomats who worked to save as many as they could (although the Portuguese, Chinese, & South American diplomats saved so many more than the Americans). One super bright spot was Gillian Jacobs' performance as well as that of Ralph Amoussou.
Review of Transatlantic
