The Study of the Shoah (the Holocaust): Complexity and Dilemmas

Rabbi Manes Kogan

This course was taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 2004 to 2006.


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Part 1: Facts on the Holocaust
February 9

- A first Hand Experience: Gary Oberlender: Talking with a survivor’s child One-Page Response

- Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman

- Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity, by Primo Levi -   One-Page Response


 


 

 

Please view the syllabus for more information.  Or you can view the class schedule from the previous week. 

 

 

Reading Assignments for February 9

Night, by Ellie Wiesel (the entire book)

 

Reading Assignments for the

“Quiz on Facts” (March 2)

- Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe, 1933-1945 (the entire book)

-Historical Overview, from: The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust, By Francis R. Nicosia, Donald L. Niewyk, Francis Nicosia (pp. 3-41, appendix I, maps)

- The Destruction of the European Jews,by Raul Hilberg (Map 7, Table B-1, Table B-2, Map 7)

- Holocaust Chronicle, By John Roth (Appendices)

- http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

 

 

Spring 2006

Monday

Jan 17

Classes begin

Saturday

Mar 5

Spring break begins

Sunday

Mar 13

Spring break ends

Wednesday

May 4

Classes end

Thursday

May 5

Reading Day

Friday

May 6

Exams begin

Wednesday

May 11

Exams end

Thursday

May 12

Senior Day

Friday

May 13

University and Graduate Commencement Ceremonies

Saturday

May 14

Spring Commencement (College Ceremonies)

 

 


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