History 387 - The Holocaust
Spring
2019
01
4.00
Andrew Donson
M W 2:30PM 3:20PM
UMass Amherst
15582
Herter Hall room 227
adonson@umass.edu
15291,22865
This course explores the causes and consequences of what was arguably the most horrific event in all of history. Topics include both the long-term origins of the Holocaust in European racism and anti-Semitism and the more immediate origins in the dynamics of the Nazi state and the war against the Soviet Union. Particular attention will be given to the debates and controversies, including the motivations of German and non-German perpetrators, bystanders, and collaborations, the place of the Jew and non-Jews in Holocaust historiography, the continuities of racism and genocide and their comparability, and the consequences of the Holocaust for memory and world politics. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)
Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.