Nazi Germany

Catalog description

This course has been envisioned as a multi-disciplinary course, dealing with the complex and often controversial aspects of Nazi rule. The course begins chronologically with the examination of the crisis in Weimar Democracy and the Nazi seizure of power. Then it discusses the transformation of German society under Nazi rule; the fate of youth organizations, schools, universities and churches; the impact of Nazism on popular and high cultures; Nazi social policy; war on racial and ethnic minorities and homosexuals. The third part deals with Nazi foreign policy; the Second World War; the genocide of Eastern Europeans; the Holocaust, and the collapse of the Third Reich. At the final meeting, students discuss the memory of the Third Reich. Recommended Prerequisite: HST 104 .