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Humanities
Description: The Holocaust is put in cultural, historical and ethical perspectives with reflections on its meaning and impact on contemporary society. Includes study of anti-Judaism, modern antisemitism, racial ideology, and Nazi genocidal policy. Ghettoization, camps, strategies of victimization, and survival are examined. Students also study bystanders, perpetrators, victims, Allied responses, as well as issues of historiography and moral accountability. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Fall 2025
Course Attributes:
Humanities
Term : Fall 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026
HUM 356 - Holocaust
Description: The Holocaust is put in cultural, historical and ethical perspectives with reflections on its meaning and impact on contemporary society. Includes study of anti-Judaism, modern antisemitism, racial ideology, and Nazi genocidal policy. Ghettoization, camps, strategies of victimization, and survival are examined. Students also study bystanders, perpetrators, victims, Allied responses, as well as issues of historiography and moral accountability. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Fall 2025
Course Attributes:
- LS: Social and Political Worlds
- GS: Social & Political Worlds