'' Holocaust '' is a 1978 American four part television miniseries which recounts the trajectory of the Holocaust from the perspectives 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 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 positive reviews , it was criticized by others , such as the Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel , who wrote in '' The New York Times '' that it was : " Untrue , offensive , cheap : as a TV production , the film is an insult to those who perished and to those who survived . " The series was presented in four parts on NBC : '' Holocaust '' is an account of two fictional German families from Berlin , prior to , and during World War II — one is Christian , whose members become Nazis out of economic necessity , and the other is Jewish , who become their victims
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