RELIGION 254 - THE HOLOCAUST

Peter J. Haas
215 Mather House
Phone: 368-2741
OH: Tuesday 2:30-4:00

 

TUESDAY/ THURSDAY 1:15-2:30





DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
Jan. 16 Germany and her Jews
Jan 18 Germany: 1870-WWI
Jan 23 WWI and the Rise of Hitler (1914-1919) HC: 17-51
Jan 25 [Scranton] "Triumph of Will"
Jan 30 Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party (1919-1933) HC: 29-51
Feb 1 Racial Theory and Nazi Policy (1933-1935) HC: 53-95
Feb 6 The SS State (1935-1938) HC: 97-119
Feb 8 First Steps: Austria and Sudentenland HC: 120-147
Feb 13 Invasion of Poland and WWII HC: 148-175
Feb 15 First Exam --due
Feb 15 Ghettoization HC: 176-209
Feb 20 Russia and the Einsatzgruppen HC: 211-233
Feb 22 Arrest and Exploitation HC: 234-268
Feb 27 The Concentration Camp Universe HC: 269-291
March 1 Wannsee Conference HC: 292- 337
March 6 The Business of Killing HC: 338-361
March 8 Auschwitz HC: 362-403

B R E A K

March 20 The Final Solution HC: 404-430
March 22 Book Review -- due
March 22 Resistance HC: 431-461
March 27 Politics of Rescue HC: 462-503
March 29 Hungary and the Balkans HC: 504-529
April 3 The Third Reich Collapses HC: 530-577
April 5 Liberation HC: 578-615
April 10 Displaced Persons HC: 616-634
April 12 Nuremberg Trials HC: 634-637
April 17 Holocaust in the Western Imagination HC: 638-653
April 19 Research Project -- due
April 19 Jewish Theological Response
April 24 Christian Theological Response
April 26 Holocaust Revisionism and Denial  
May 4 Final Paper -- due