The Holocaust

FAIR 334L/INTL 336/HGST 301: The Holocaust (5 credits).

Subject: This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the origins, course, and aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust. It situates the Holocaust within the context of World War II and the multiple genocides that occurred around the world in the twentieth century. The class traces the development of Nazism, and discusses the causes, progression, and development of the onslaught against the Jews and Nazi efforts to eliminate other groups across borders and nationalities deemed to be a threat to German racial superiority. The class will pay attention to the ways in which Jews and other targeted groups responded to the crisis. It will also examine survivor accounts (including the impact on children of the victims and perpetrators), and issues of memorialization, politicization, representation, and sacralization of the Nazi Holocaust. At the end of the course, students will have attained a thorough, nuanced, and interdisciplinary understanding, as well as the international context of the Holocaust.