The Nazis Next Door: Everyday Germans and National Socialism 1919 to the Present

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From the beginning of the National Socialist Party in 1919 until German unification in 1990, and extending to the very present, everyday Germans have had to deal with the reality that, regardless of their own political beliefs, many neighbors and even relatives embraced the doctrines of National Socialism. This course explores this complex reality from the rise of National Socialism, through the crimes of the Third Reich, and the stumbling and mixed efforts of the postwar Germanies to cope with the presence of Nazis in German society, to current interactions with authoritarian and neo-Nazi movements inside Germany. Counts as a Human Diversity & Commonality course. Counts as a Moral & Ethical Reasoning course. Counts as a Understanding Global Perspectives course.