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War and Remembrance

Name: War and Remembrance
Genre: Drama, War & Politics

TV·1988–1989·1 season, 12 episodes·ABC·Drama, War & Politics·2h 15m·Created by Dan Curtis

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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate the personal, social and political impacts of World War II, including the Holocaust, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific theater.

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01Part II: 27th Jan 1942S01E02 · 7.0It's early 1942 and Pug Henry is still in command of the USS Northampton. Pamela Tudsbury and her father find themselves in Singapore. The local administration, both civil and military, believes the island outpost to be impregnable but a journalist friend convinces them otherwise. Nathalie Henry and her uncle Aaron decided to stay in Italy. They have been hoping to get exit visas allowing them to travel to Switzerland but these have consistently been delayed. What they do not know is that Aaron's onetime student, now a German diplomat in Italy, has been instructed to find a way to place Italian Jews into Nazi hands. Nathalie's friend and onetime fiancé Leslie Slote is now assigned to the US Legation in Bern and he comes into information on the German atrocities taking place in Eastern Europe. Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, visits Auschwitz and is given a demonstration of its capabilities.
02Part III: 26th May 1942S01E03 · 7.0The Henrys have a family reunion of sorts when Pug and Byron join Warren and Janice to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They are joined by Pamela Tudsbury and her father who managed to leave Singapore before it fell to the Japanese. Byron applies for a transfer to the Atlantic submarine force after he learns that his wife Natalie and her uncle Aaron Jastrow were not evacuated from Italy with other Americans. Pug and Warren soon depart on their respective ships headed for the Battle of Midway. Pug has a relatively minor contribution compared to son Warren who flies several successful sorties. Natalie and her uncle have a plan to escape the clutches of the Germans. Rhoda Henry travels to Los Angeles to see daughter Madeline and son Byron who have just arrived. She also sees Pamela Tudsbury who has something to tell her.
03Part IV: 25th July 1942S01E04 · 7.0Natalie Henry, baby Louis and her uncle, Aaron Jastrow, put into effect their plan to escape from Italy. Their hope of traveling from the Italian coast directly to Lisbon are dashed however and they soon find themselves going to Elba, then Corsica and finally to Marseilles where they are taken in by a local Jewish family who have been regularly assisting refugees. There, Natalie re-discovers her Jewish heritage. Byron has been posted temporarily to Gibraltar to work with the British and he has been making regular courier runs to the American Consulate in Marseilles. Rhoda Henry returns to Washington but stops in Chicago having decided to end her relationships with Palmer Kirby. She is soon pursued however by Colonel Harrison "Hack" Peters. General Halder tells Adolf Hitler that he has no chance of winning the war on the Eastern Front.

Castfull cast & details

Robert MitchumVictor 'Pug' Henry

Jane SeymourNatalie Henry

Hart BochnerByron Henry

Victoria TennantPamela Tudsbury

Polly BergenRhoda Henry

Sami FreyAvram Rabinovitz

William SchallertHarry Hopkins

Jeremy KempArmin Von Roon

Episodes by season

Season0112Episodes1988–89Aired 6.7Season avg

S01E01Part I: 15th Dec 1941November 13, 1988 5.0In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Victor 'Pug' Henry finds himself in command of a cruiser, the USS Northamp
S01E02Season's bestPart II: 27th Jan 1942November 15, 1988 7.0It's early 1942 and Pug Henry is still in command of the USS Northampton. Pamela Tudsbury and her father find themselves in Singapore. The l
S01E03Part III: 26th May 1942November 16, 1988 7.0The Henrys have a family reunion of sorts when Pug and Byron join Warren and Janice to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They are joined
S01E04Part IV: 25th July 1942November 17, 1988 7.0Natalie Henry, baby Louis and her uncle, Aaron Jastrow, put into effect their plan to escape from Italy. Their hope of traveling from the It
S01E05Part V: 2nd Nov 1942November 20, 1988 7.0Byron and Nathalie are reunited in Marseilles but the American Consul counsels them not to try and leave France without the proper documenta
S01E06Part VI: 20th Dec 1942November 22, 1988 5.0Pug Henry returns to Washington where President Roosevelt asks him to take an assignment at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. There, the U.S. Amba
S01E07Part VII: 3rd April 1943November 23, 1988 7.0Natalie, Louis and her uncle Aaron Jastrow find themselves in Paris having been transferred there from the prisoner exchange camp in Baden B
S01E08Part VIII: 25th Nov 1943May 7, 1989 7.0Still in the camp at Theresienstadt, where prominent Jews have been interned, Natalie and Aaron have to deal with the fact that more and mor
S01E09Part IX: 16th May 1944May 8, 1989 7.0It's 1944 and the Allies are preparing for D-day. Pug Henry is now a Rear Admiral and he again meets Pamela Tudsbury at her fiancé's residen
S01E10Part X: 22nd June 1944May 9, 1989 7.0In the so-called paradise ghetto of Theresienstadt, the Nazis prepare for a visit by neutral observers by cleaning up the village, distribut
S01E11Part XI: 28th Oct 1944May 10, 1989 7.0Nathalie and Aaron spend four days traveling to Auschwitz; on arrival, one of them is sent directly to the gas chambers. In the Philippines
S01E12Part XII: 12th April 1945May 14, 1989 7.0In April 1945, FDR dies and several days later Hitler, along with several of his cronies, commits suicide. Pug Henry and Pamela Tudsbury are