The Fascist Challenge in Europe, 1919-1945

3 units

European Fascism was both a transnational and an international phenomenon. This course will focus on the study of national and transnational cultures of Fascism and fascist networks, the range and consistency of their ideological specificity, their internal cohesion as well as their ideas about the future. The central theme of the course will be the potential for violence and destruction, which became a horrific reality during the Second World War and the Holocaust.