Nazi Holocaust

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How do we begin to understand the mass destruction of civilians, and especiallyJews, by the Nazis during World War II, commonly known as the Holocaust?This course will examine some of the conditions that led to this extraordinaryprocess of transforming whole peoples into the "other" and aspotential objects for extermination. Students will look especially at how therace hatred of anti-Semitism became state policy under the Nazis, and whateconomic, social and political conditions encouraged its rise. The course willas look at examples of resistance to the Holocaust. Guest lectures will beincluded as part of the Patai Program's Lecture Series