HSY2580

The Holocaust

(ART)

Claudia Prestel, Eleanor Hancock and Tony Barta

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton, Caulfield + Flexible delivery mode Summer semester + Students wishing to take this subject without having taken a first-year history sequence may do so by enrolling under JWC or RLT subject codes (see entries under Jewish civilisation or Religion and theology) or with permission + Prohibition: SCY2051

Synopsis: A study of the period 1939-45, with reference to the Nazi State in the 1930s, and Jewish life in the interwar period in the various European countries. Topics include the ghettos and the Jewish Councils, the Einsatzgruppen, the functionalist and the intentionalist debate, the organisation and functioning of concentration camps and /killing centers0, Jewish responses in crisis and extremity, and reactions of the non-Jewish populations in occupied Europe and the allied governments.

Assessment: Tutorial participation: 5% + Tutorial paper (1000 words): 15% + Essay (2500 words): 40% + Class exam (1000 words): 15% + Take-home examination (1500 words): 25%