History 347

The Holocaust

Fall 2010

Date of Class	Topic	Documents Discussed in Class
August 26, 2010 August 31, 2010	Introduction Main Presentation	Diaspora Map and Talmud Explanation
September 2, 2010 September 7, 2010	Jewish History and Culture Main Presentation
September 7, 2010	Antisemitism Main Presentation
September 7, 2010 September 9, 2010	Ideologies and the Context of the Holocaust Main Presentation
September 14, 2010 September 16, 2010 September 21, 2010 September 23, 2010 September 28, 2010	Nazism Main Presentation	· Hitler’s First Antisemitic Writing · The Nazi Party’s 25-Point Program of 1920 · Excerpts from Mein Kampf on living space and race · Excerpts from Mein Kampf on Jews
September 30, 2010 October 7, 2010 October 12, 2010	Exclusion, Expropriation, and Expulsion in Germany, 1933-1939 Main Presentation	· Hindenburg Demands Veterans’ Exception · The Nuremberg Laws · Reinhard Heydrich’s Instructions on Kristallnacht · Hitler’s “Prophecy” Speech, January 30, 1939
Midterm Exam	Final Exam Covers All Material Below
	Eugenics Main Presentation
	World War II Main Presentation	Hossbach Memorandum
	Poland, 1939-1941 The Search for a “Solution” Main Presentation
	“Final Solution” Main Presentation	Wannsee Conference Minutes
	The Holocaust in Germany and Western Europe Non-Jewish Victims of Nazi Racial Murder and Oppression Main Presentation	Handout on film “America and the Holocaust”
	The Murder of Hungary’s Jews; Auschwitz; “Medical” Experiments Covering Up Main Presentation
	Resistance and Rescue Main Presentation
	Trials and Memory Main Presentation

Other documents:

1. Course syllabus
2. Term paper assignment