Your great-grandparents' trauma: now with better cinematography and no family secrets spared.
The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss or Friedrich Trumpf, Donald Trump's grandfather. During the 19th century, thirty million people — Germans, Irish, Scots, Russians, Hungarians, Italians and many others — left the old continent, fleeing poverty, racism or political repression, hoping to make a fortune and realize the American dream.
Production
Period reenactments that actually paid the costume department.
Editing
Jumps centuries like your attention span wishes it could.
Writing
Narrator delivers empire collapse with German efficiency.
Director
Peter Bardehle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strauss didn't invent jeans—he bought the patent from a broke tailor. The American Dream in one transaction.
German-Americans became the largest ethnic group to 'hide' their heritage post-WWI, explaining why your Oma never taught you the language.
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