The Holocaust: History and Memory PWGE, USGC

This class examines the origins and meanings of the “Holocaust" through the emergence of anti-Semitism and scientific racism in the nineteenth century; European nationalism and imperialism and early forms of genocide; the history of Jewish assimilation in Europe; the ramifications of Great War; the rise of Nazism; World War II and the “twisted road to Auschwitz.” The final phase of the course addresses the subject of “coming to terms with the past” in several national contexts.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

HY 356