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JEWISH 310

THE HOLOCAUST

3-4 credits.

References to the Holocaust abound in contemporary political debates and in our popular culture. But most people know very little about the history of the Holocaust, despite the mountains of superb historical scholarship that experts in the field have produced over decades of dedicated research. Utilize correspondence, diaries, or other firsthand accounts of Holocaust victims, together with study of the larger events around them, to reconstruct the experiences of ordinary families swept up in the Nazi genocide.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry during WWII, including the events, processes, ideas, organizations, and individuals behind these crimes, and an understanding of how the everyday experiences of Holocaust victims limited their options for survival Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the mechanics of how and why the Nazis and their collaborators were able to carry out a program of persecution and ultimately extermination against the Jewish communities of Europe, leading to the murder of an estimated 6 million Jews Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify central arguments in historiographical writing; use primary sources to reconstruct historical events; formulate research questions; develop written arguments that illuminate the lives of Holocaust victims and analyze the key events, policies, or sites of the Nazi genocide; support arguments with appropriate sources; and supply appropriate citations Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry during WWII, including the events, processes, ideas, organizations, and individuals behind these crimes, and an understanding of how the everyday experiences of Holocaust victims limited their options for survival Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the mechanics of how and why the Nazis and their collaborators were able to carry out a program of persecution and ultimately extermination against the Jewish communities of Europe, leading to the murder of an estimated 6 million Jews Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify central arguments in historiographical writing; use primary sources to reconstruct historical events; formulate research questions; develop written arguments that illuminate the lives of Holocaust victims and analyze the key events, policies, or sites of the Nazi genocide; support arguments with appropriate sources; and supply appropriate citations Audience: Undergraduate

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