I can’t ever watch those Holocaust scenes again, they still give me nightmares, and it’s amazing that they were able to be so graphic in a made-for-TV series.
I was a history undergrad when the series ran.
Certain it would be the same old dumbed-down, cliche-ridden, lowest common denominator pablum that permeated miniseries, I had no plans to watch it.
Accidentally coming across it during the holocaust scenes, I was stunned at how well produced it was. I remember thinking “This is too good for prime time TV.”
I didn’t see the whole series, or even most of it, so I can’t judge the program. But, what I saw of it was excellent.
Schindler's List was more horrifying, IMHO, and even it was cleaned up considerably.