The Holocaust and the Creation of International Humanitarian Law

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The Holocaust was a unique genocide event of the 20th century which led to a change in the entire perception of the need to protect the basic rights of human beings and to shift from the classical nation state paradigm of post-War World II. This course intends to explore this facilitating legal development from a narrow viewpoint of the Holocaust. It will begin with exploring this unique genocide, looking into the legal situation in post-war Nazi Germany and the erosion of civil and human rights.