Expand+Academic Year 2021/2022
The course provides an overview over some of the most important aspects of Nazi Germany – covering political, cultural, social and military history. The module provides insights into one of the darkest, most disturbing and ...

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The course provides an overview over some of the most important aspects of Nazi Germany – covering political, cultural, social and military history. The module provides insights into one of the darkest, most disturbing and most formative periods of modern European history.

The module aims to pay particular attention to different and conflicting interpretations of how the Third Reich came into being and why Hitler’s dictatorship proved to be one of the most murderous in history. Particular attention will be paid to racial thinking, the Holocaust and the question of European collaboration with the Nazis. The module aims to improve the students’ capacity to engage with historical interpretations and different methodological approaches.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module, students

- will be able to analyze and evaluate conflicting historical interpretations of Modern German History

- will have acquired basic knowledge and understanding of some of the key historiographical debates about the Third Reich.

-will have familiarized themselves with some of the most important concepts and methodological approaches to the history of totalitarianism and genocide

- will have a fuller understanding of the rich secondary literature on the period.

- will have improved their ability to interpret primary sources

Indicative Module Content:
Lecture 1:
The ‘Twisted Path’ to the Third Reich

Lecture 2:
Establishing the Dictatorship: the ‘Seizure’ of Power: 1932-1934

Lecture 3:
The Persecution of the Jews 1933 - 1939

Lecture 4:
An economy for war

Lecture 5:
Creating the ‘People’s Community’

Lecture 6:
The Origins of the Second World War

Lecture 7:
The Third Reich at War I (Poland and France)

Lecture 8:
The Third Reich at War II (Barbarossa)

Lecture 9:
Holocaust: Plunder, Expulsion, Mass Murder

Lecture 10:
The Nazi Empire: Occupation, Collaboration and Resistance

Lecture 11:
‘The Past that does not pass’: Coming to Terms with the Nazi Past

Expand+Indicative Module Content:

Lecture 1:
The ‘Twisted Path’ to the Third Reich

Lecture 2:
Establishing the Dictatorship: the ‘Seizure’ of Power: 1932-1934

Lecture 3:
The Persecution of the Jews 1933 - 1939

Lecture 4:
An economy f...

Hide-Indicative Module Content:

Lecture 1:
The ‘Twisted Path’ to the Third Reich

Lecture 2:
Establishing the Dictatorship: the ‘Seizure’ of Power: 1932-1934

Lecture 3:
The Persecution of the Jews 1933 - 1939

Lecture 4:
An economy for war

Lecture 5:
Creating the ‘People’s Community’

Lecture 6:
The Origins of the Second World War

Lecture 7:
The Third Reich at War I (Poland and France)

Lecture 8:
The Third Reich at War II (Barbarossa)

Lecture 9:
Holocaust: Plunder, Expulsion, Mass Murder

Lecture 10:
The Nazi Empire: Occupation, Collaboration and Resistance

Lecture 11:
‘The Past that does not pass’: Coming to Terms with the Nazi Past