Bernie Sanders Learns the Depth of His Father’s Patriotism | Finding Your Roots | Ancestry®

“That is unbelievable!” — While examining his family history with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders learns about the challenges his father faced as a young Jewish immigrant in America.
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00:00 Introduction
0:37 Bernie Sanders learns about his father’s childhood
2:22 Bernie Sanders’s war-torn family history
3:27 Bernie Sanders’s father arrives to the US