Behörighetskrav

Grundläggande behörighet och Historia 1b/1a1+1a2, Samhällskunskap 1b/1a1+1a2 eller Historia A, Samhällskunskap A (områdesbehörighet A1/1)

Mål

At the conclusion of this course, the student will be expected to,

• Know the basic chronological steps central to the history of Nazi Germany: this includes fundamental events in Germany's history prior to Hitler's accession to power, through the destruction of Nazi Germany.
• Know the essential chronological moments in Nazi Germany's “war against European Jewry between 1933 and 1945.
• Understand the contemporary historiographical discourse regarding basic categories of Holocaust studies such as “perpetrator”, “victim”, and “bystander”.
• Be able to discuss the role played by antisemitism as it motivated the genocide of the Jews.
• Have an understanding of the manner in which historians debate central issues of evidence and interpretations concerning the murder of European Jewry during the Second World War.
• To be able to formulate in writing their understanding in the form of “seminar” assignments, and the final, “take home” exam.

Innehåll

Contents and themes (a selection):

• Intentionalism vs. Functionalism
• Racial Biology and Eugenics
• Persecution and Deprivation of Civil Rights
• The Bureaucrat as Desk Top Killer
• Ghettoisation Policy and Formation
• Mass Murder and the Individual Motivation
• Jewish Response and Resistance
• Europe's Collaborators and Killers
• Industrialized Extermination
• The Response of the Bystander
• Sweden's Response to Genocide
• What the Holocaust means Today

Undervisning

Lectures and seminars.

Examination

Assessment will be based upon written and oral assignments. Students that have missed a small number of mandatory assignments may complete them by the end of the term at the latest. If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University´s disability coordinator.