Hitler and the Holocaust

Syllabus (revised, as of 3/1/2004)

Course PowerPoints (requires Microsoft Office)

• In a Season of War
• On Worship
• Meaning of Words After Auschwitz
• Who, What, Where, When (Roth/Berenbaum)
• The Place of the Holocaust in Contemporary History (Bauer)
• Thinking About the 6 million (Dawidowicz)
• A Methodology of Fidelity
• Night & Fog
• Jews in Public Life, part 1
• Jews in Public Life, part 2
• Building Blocs of Jewish Life
• Germany before the Rise of Hitler (1848–1934)
• The Nazi State Begins (1933–1935)
• Christian Anti-Semitism (part 1)
• Christian Anti-Semitism (part 2)

Class Reflections

• "The Passion of the Christ" (3/1/2004)
  
  

Nazi Laws Against Jews

• The Nuremberg Laws
  Jewish Virtual Library information sheet, with links to selected translations
• Nuremburg Laws (1933, 1935)
  English translations of selected laws
• The History Place
  Page with visual depictions of law exemptions, etc.
• 1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1709
  Order concerning the Utilization of Jewish Property of 3 December 1938
  The consent for the sale according to Article 1 of the Decree based on the Decree of April 26, 1938, for the Reporting of Jewish-owned Property (RGBl I, 415) is necessary also in such cases in which the sale has been ordered; this also applies to the sale by a trustee.

Supplemental Articles

• The Volkswagen Beetle and its Historical Context, written in 1960
• A Swiss Woman Steps Forward Again to Aid Refugees, 14 Jan. 2004
• Fighting Hate, Across Generations and Cultures, 14 Jan. 2004
  
• A Cemetery Mirroring the History of a City's Jews, May 13, 2003
• Looking for Hope in an Apartheid Monster's Eyes, May 10, 2003
• Shock Therapy for Police Recruits, May 10, 2003
• Hapsburgs Ask Austria to Return Estates Seized by Nazis, May 10, 2003
• A Piece of Slavery's Hidden Past, May 6, 2003
• Crash Course in Orthodox Judaism for Lieberman's Aides, May 1, 2003
• A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, April 30, 2003
• Hitler's Forgotten Library: The Man, His Books, and His Search for God, May 2003
• Library Books, Letters and Priceless Documents are Set Ablaze in Final Chapter of the Sacking of Baghdad, April 15, 2003
• A Humanist's Unwitting March to an Inhuman End, April 12, 2003
• Holocaust Survivors' Insurance Ordeal, April 8, 2003
• Günter Grass Worries About the Effects of War, Then and Now, April 8, 2003
• The Jewish Company Behind a German Slogan, April 1, 2003
• Hearing Music Silenced by the Nazis, March 26, 2003
• Religious Leaders Play a Part in Shaping Views on War, March 22, 2003
• South African Commission Ends Its Work, March 22, 2003
• French Jews Tell of a New and Threatening Wave of Anti-Semitism, March 22, 2003
• Jewish Statement on the Eve of War, March 21, 2003
• Around the World, Jews Fret for Israel, and They Fear an Anti-Semitic Backlash, March 20, 2003
• Nazis' Human Cargo Now Haunts French Railway, March 20, 2003
• Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts in Spain, March 20, 2003
• Holocaust Museum Cashier Has Yet Another Depressing Day, March 19, 2003
• Nazis Received Warm Welcome in Postwar Spain, New Book Says, March 19, 2003
• U.N. and Cambodia Reach an Accord for Khmer Rouge Trial, March 18, 2003
• To My Former Dean and Other 'Court Jews', March 14, 2003
• 60 Years Later, Withered Remnant of Macedonian Jewry Remembers, March 11, 2003
• Argentine Judge Indicts Iranians in Bombing of Jewish Center, March 10, 2003
• As Shoah Museum Marks 10 Years, Organizers’ Initial Fears Are Long Gone, March 6, 2003
• Another Round in the Skirmish Over Eliot and Anti-Semitism, March 1, 2003
• Meeting a Moral Standard for War, March 1, 2003
• The Rage of Reason: A Scholar Argues that Enlightenment Thought Was Shaped by its Obsession with Judaism, February 28, 2003
• The House of Speer: Still Rising on the Skyline, February 27, 2003
• New Efforts to Recover Nazi Plunder, February 27, 2003
• Lauder's Mix of Restitution and Collecting, February 27, 2003
• Bauer: It Could Happen Here, February 26, 2003
• Player's Protest Over the Flag Divides Fans, February 26, 2003
• The Führer as Art Critic, February 24, 2003
• Papers Indicate Bayer Knew of Dangers of Cholesterol Drug, Feb. 22, 2003
• Where Denominations Stand on Iraq, February 20, 2003
• Rwanda Pastor and Son, a Doctor, Convicted of Genocide, February 20, 2003
• Prayer Service Against War in Iraq by Bishop Younan, February 19, 2003
• In a Children's Opera, a Holocaust Connection, February 13, 2003
• Behind Roses' Beauty, Poor and Ill Workers, February 13, 2003
• ''The Hidden Life of Otto Frank" Book Review, February 9, 2003
• Polish Town Still Tries to Forget Its Dark Past, February 8, 2003
• War-Weary Immigrants Facing Another War, February 7, 2003
• On a Mission to Shine a Spotlight on Genocide, February 5, 2003
• Christian Charity, but for a Mosque?, February 4, 2003
• Pilot Embraced Role As a Symbol for Jews, February 2, 2003
• W.G. Sebald, Atlantic Review, January/February 2003
• Polanski and the Landscape of Aloneness, January 26, 2003
• When Private Words Go Public, March 23, 2002
• Jewish Museum Show Looks Nazis in the Face and Creates a Fuss,
  January 29, 2002
• W.G. Sebald, Guardian Interview, February 21, 2001

Links

• JTA.org
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Holocaust Learning Center
• Jewish Heritage Online Magazine - Topic List
• The Holocaust Chronicle
• Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs'and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
  • SHOAH Resource Center