No German required. All texts and classroom discussions are in English. No Data Given. Special Topics in English Translation. German Literature and Culture in English Section 001 Austria and The Nazi Past.
Rackham credit requires additional work.
May be repeated for a total of 9 credits. This course intends to analyze the specific Austrian position towards National Socialism. Despite being together with Germany the motherland of the Nazi movement, Austria as an independent and sovereign state became victim to Hitler s expansionism. After 1945, Austria successfully played down the role which many Austrians played prominently within the Nazi regime. In the 1980s, Kurt Waldheim s election to the Austrian presidency provoked international attention.