Holocaust
The Road to Babi-Yar
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 1978-04-17
Synopsis
Inga is desperate to reunite with Karl, but her parents don't 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.
In the series
This episode is part of Holocaust (1978) on NBC.
Network TV forces the Shoah into American living rooms — controversy included.
Key cast
- Meryl Streep as Inga Helms Weiss
- James Woods as Karl Weiss
- Michael Moriarty as Erik Dorf
- Fritz Weaver as Dr. Josef Weiss
- Rosemary Harris as Berta Palitz Weiss