Peter Coyote Narrator Matthew Rhys Otto Frank Voice Helena Zengel Anne Frank Voice Carolyn McCormick Emma Lazarus, Dorothy Thompson Voice Marlena Grzaslewicz Fanya Barbakow Voice Calvin Knie Julius Stern, Herman Goering Voice Meryl Streep Eleanor Roosevelt Voice Paul Corning Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Theodore Roosevelt Voice Agata Was Frieda Niselevitch Voice Paul Giamatti Madison Grant Voice Olivia Gilliatt Helen Keller Voice Adam Arkin Emanuel Celler Voice Sarah Botstein Laura Margolis Voice, Producer Murphy Guyer Edmond Taylor Voice Josh Lucas Varian Fry Voice Joe Morton W.E.B. DuBois Voice Bradley Whitford Thomas Wolfe Voice Hope Davis Marjorie McClelland Voice Mariusz Glabinski David Berger Voice Leon Dische Becker Herschel Grynszpan Voice Ken Burns Director, Producer Lynn Novick Producer