Class Schedule
The table below covers the topics, readings, and film schedule for the course during the semester. Graduate students should use the hyperlink to see the graduate schedule in order to discover the weekly readings for the upcoming discussions.
| Date | Readings | Film |
| August 23 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 1 | Interview of Laurence Rees |
| August 30 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 2 | |
| Sept. 6 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 3; Spiegelman, Chaps 1-3 | |
| Sept. 13 | Dwork and Van Pelt Chap. 4; Spiegelman, Chaps 4-6 |
Nigh and Fog / Memory of the Camps |
| Sept. 20 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 5; Levi, Chaps 1-4 | |
| Sept. 27 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 6; Levi, Chaps 5-10 |
Auschwitz: Surprise Beginnings |
| Oct. 4 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 7; Levi, Chaps 11-16 |
Auschwitz: Orders and Initiatives |
| Oct. 11 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 8; Browning, Chaps 1-4 |
Conspiracy or Wannsee |
| Oct. 18 | Dwork and Van Pelt,
Chap. 9; Browning Chaps 5-9 First Mid Term Due |
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| Oct. 25 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 10; Browning Chaps 10-13 | |
| Nov. 1 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 11; Browning, Chaps 14-16 | |
| Nov. 8 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 12; Wiesenthal, Book 1 |
Auschwitz: Corruption |
| Nov. 15 | Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 13; Evans, Chaps 1- 2 |
Auschwitz: Murder and Intrigue |
| Nov. 22 | No Class Thanksgiving Break | |
| Nov. 29 | Dwork and Van Pelt,
Chap. 4; Evans, Chaps 3-5
Book Review Due Nov. 29 |
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| Dec 6 | Evans, Chaps 6-7;
Browning Chaps 17-18; Levi, Chap. 17; Wiesenthal Book 2 Final and Film Review Due Dec. 16 |
The Holocaust on Trial/Trial of Adolf Eichmann |