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Course Info for FYSM - 147 - 01, Fall 2022
Class number: 3515 Title: The Holocaust and Memory Department: First Year Sem & Colloq
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, 70VS - SEM Instructor(s): Doerre, Jason
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement
Course Description:
This course will explore the origins of anti-Semitism in Central Europe, the Holocaust, and the memorialization of genocide in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with the rise of anti-Semitism, this course will cover what led to the Holocaust and examine the trajectory of this human tragedy Some topics will include daily life in ghettos and concentration camps, the lead up to the Final Solution, resistance, and the memory of the Holocaust in museums, monuments, and culture. The course materials will include non-fictional texts, literature, films, art and more.
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