HIS 463 - The Holocaust

Semester Hours: 3
This course attempts to deal with the historical, social and psychological forces, ideas and events leading up to the Holocaust, the attempted annihilation of all Jews and the almost complete destruction of the European Jewish communities and the murder of the non-Jewish “undesirable Others,” culminating in the massacre of 10 million people. This course approaches the Nazi persecution of European Jewry from several disciplinary perspectives. Initially it explores the topic historically using a variety of historical materials dealing with the history of European anti-Semitism, the accession of Hitler, the evolution of anti-Jewish persecution in the Third Reich, and the history of the Holocaust itself. The course concludes with an assessment of the role played by the Holocaust in today’s world and evaluate if policies have curbed further genocide.

Pre-requisites: one 300-level History (HIS) course or one 300-level Political Science (POL) course or consent.

Offered: Spring, odd years.