Course Name |
History - Nazi Germany |
Course Provider |
University College Dublin |
Course Code |
HIS20820 |
Course Type |
Lifelong Learning |
Apply To |
Course provider |
Attendance Options |
Part time |
Location (Districts) |
Belfield |
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment |
TRIMESTER: Spring |
Application Date |
2022-2023 Academic Year
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Duration |
Expand+Spring Trimester - January to May
MODE OF DELIVERY:Face-to-Face
Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures 12
Seminar (or Webinar) 12
Total 24
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Learning in this course takes three forms...
Hide-Spring Trimester - January to May
MODE OF DELIVERY:Face-to-Face
Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures 12
Seminar (or Webinar) 12
Total 24
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Learning in this course takes three forms.
1. Weekly lectures - lectures will build your knowledge of key themes in the history of Nazi Germany and help you to contextualize key historical debates.
2. Weekly tutorials - tutorials will give you an opportunity to debate the major themes discussed in the lecture and in selected readings.
3. Reading: you will further your knowledge by reading key secondary and primary literature.
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Link to Course Fee |
Web Page - Click Here |
Eligibility |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
HIS31150 - The Third Reich |
Course Content |
Expand+HIS20820 Nazi Germany
Academic Year 2022/2023
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 dark...
Hide-HIS20820 Nazi Germany
Academic Year 2022/2023
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
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Subjects Taught |
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
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Number of Credits |
5 |
Careers or Further Progression |
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Course Web Page |
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