Holocaust Memory through the Ages: Memoirs, Memorials, Movies

1 credits · Undergraduate

How and why do we remember the Holocaust? This course explores the changing landscape of Holocaust memory, from first-generation survivor accounts to second- and third-generation reckonings with history, memory, trauma, and loss. Materials include memoirs, novels, graphic novels, films, memorial sites, and museums. Key terms include testimony, witnessing, commemoration, and memory culture. Theories of personal, familial, collective, and national memory will be addressed. May include a class trip to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.