Jewish Studies 287 - The Holocaust

The Holocaust

Fall
2026
02
4.00
Ernest Benz

M W 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Smith College
JUD-287-02-202701
ebenz@smith.edu
JUD 287-02, HST 287-02
Offered as JUD 287 and HST 287. The history of the Final Solution, from the role of European antisemitism and the origins of Nazi ideology to the implementation of a systematic program to annihilate European Jewry. How did Hitler establish a genocidal regime? How did Jews physically, culturally and theologically respond to this persecution?
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