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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1) Tradition of Anti-Semitism in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 2) The Jewish Enlightenment, French Revolution and Jewish Emancipation 3) The Birth of Modern Anti-Semitism: the case of Germany 4) Anti-Jewish Violence in 19th century Europe: Russia in the comparative perspective 5) Anti-Semitism and Modern Politics: France and Austria-Hungary 6) Jewish Reactions on Anti-Semitism: Assimilation, Emigration, Zionism 7) Nazism and Anti-Semitism in 1920-1930?s 8) The Path to Genocide: Nazi Germany and Europe, 1939-1941 9) The War against the Jews: Nazi Germany and Europe, 1941-1945 10) In the shadow of death: Jews between the Ghettos and Death Camps 11)?We only followed the orders?: Perpetrators and their histories 12)?We did not know anything about it?: Bystanders and their histories 13)Epilogue: Anti-Semitism in Europe after the Holocaust
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
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Learning outcomes
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In its first part, course is focused on the evolution of the anti-semitic ideology in Europe in 19th century (since French revolution until the First World War). The objective is to show and discuss the changes in the ideology and mainly the displays of anti-semitism in the everyday life. The particularities of these displays are presented through the comparison o different European countries (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, France). The second part of the course is focuse on the genocide f Jews (Holocaust) , its origin, implementation and aftermath. The main objective is to analyze the changes in nazi policy towards Jews and the ways how he genocide was prepared and carried out. The different approaches of European countries to the ?Jewish question? during the Second World War are the other subject for analy¨sing. Special attention is payed to the problems of Jewish resistence, punishing the perpetrators of genocide after the war and the attitude of non-Jewish population to the genocide.
Students gain the basic overview of the problematic, are able to explain the nature of anti-semitism and reason for its different displays in different European societies. Further they are able to explain causes of holocaust, distinguis the trends and differences in anti-Jewish policy of Germany and its allies, and put the holocaust in the context of 20th century history.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
Written exam.
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Recommended literature
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Bergen, Doris L. War & genocide : a concise history of the Holocaust. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7425-5715-4.
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Blatman, Daniel. The death marches : the final phase of Nazi genocide. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press :, 2011. ISBN 978-0-674-05049-5.
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Bloxham, Donald. The final solution : a genocide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-955034-0.
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Browning, Christopher R. Ordinary men : Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland. London: Penguin Books, 2001. ISBN 978-0-14-100042-8.
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Browning, Christopher R. The origins of the final solution : the evolution of nazi jewish policy, september 1939-march 1942. London: Arrow Books, 2005. ISBN 978-0-09-945482-3.
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Friedlander, Henry. The origins of Nazi genocide : from euthanasia to the final solution. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8078-4675-9.
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Friedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews. The Years of Extermination, 1939-1945,. New York, 2007.
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Friedländer, Saul. Nazi Germany and the Jews. Years of Persecution, 1933-1939. New York, 1998.
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Longerich, Peter. Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution and Murder of the Jews. Oxford, 2012.
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