The Holocaust: History and Memory of the Nazi Genocide

Between 1939 and 1945, German troops invaded, occupied and destroyed major parts of Europe to create a new order based on the Nazi world view. A central aim of the Nazi project was the destruction of European Jewry: the killing of people and the annihilation of a cultural heritage. This destruction was embedded in a larger regime of violence against Roma, Slavs, people with disabilities and others, and implicated a range of people. The course facilitates an understanding of the origins, dynamics, and results of the Nazi extermination regime; survival and resistance strategies of Jews and other persecuted groups in Western and Eastern Europe; migration movements triggered by the Holocaust and World War II; local responses to antisemitism and racialized murder, and other issues. Lectures introduce students to recent trends in the study of the history and memory of the Holocaust including a focus on the global implications of the Nazi genocide, the role of gender and sexuality for experience and memory, attention to the interethnic relationships in German-occupied Europe, and the relevance of Holocaust memory for current societies.

Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; BU Eth; BU IS; AS HUM; AS LCD; AS SD I; FA HUM; AS SC

The Holocaust: History and Memory of the Nazi Genocide

HISTORY 333

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