Soc Sci Bldg. This course will explore the memories and representations of the Holocaust, the attempted annihilation of European Jews by the Third Reich in Germany, 1933-1945. We will discuss the perspectives of survivors, perpetrators, witnesses, historians, and ourselves as students, while seeking to understand the nature of this event and its significance. See attached Table of Contents. Students are expected to prepare each week's readings in advance of the first class meeting.
Papers are due in class on the assigned date.
Deborah Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust Ch. The following texts are also available on reserve at the Main Library under the name of the book author. Carol Rittner and John Roth, eds.