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

Spring 2005 | Wednesdays 6pm - 9pm

Rabbi Manes Kogan


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Part 1: Facts on the Holocaust
January 26

- Reviewing the Learned Facts

- Reading Maps and Statistics

- The Jews from Germany and Eastern Europe:    Similitude and differences

 

- Excerpts from Shoah (Video): Perpetrators, Victims and Bystanders


 

Please view the syllabus for more information. 

 

 

Reading Assignments for February 2

- From: Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders: The Jewish Catastrophe, 1933-1945, by Raul Hilberg:

- Adolf Hitler (3-19), Non German Volunteers (87-102), The Jewish Leaders (105-117), The Refugees (118-125, The Advantaged, the Strugglers and the Dispossessed (159-169), The Allies (249-255), Neutral Countries (256-259), The Churches (260-268)

 

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 2005

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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