‘Masters of the Air’ Star Nate Mann Details ‘Challenging’ Finale Connection to His Own Family History

Note: The following story discusses spoilers for “Masters of the Air” Episode 9.

As “Masters of the Air” chronicles the final moments of WWII, the finale’s portrayal of the brutal reality of the Holocaust through the eyes of Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal hit home for Nate Mann.

After ejecting from his failing B-17, Rosie lands east of the Oder river between German and Russian lines, where Russian forces assist him on his way back to England, stopping through Poland along the way. As traffic halts on a crowded Polish road, Rosie’s interest is piqued by an abandoned concentration camp, which he enters, only to realize the genocide happening just behind the walls.