Holocaust

The Holocaust was an event that has marked the twentieth century as one of the most violent in human history.  During the period that commenced with Hitler's ascension to power in 1933 to the final collapse of the Third Reich in 1945, over six million persons of the Jewish faith perished as well as millions of others -- Slavs, Homosexuals, Gypsies and those that the Nazis considered subhuman.  The purpose of HI 426 is to explain the historical origins of the Holocaust, Jewish resistance, Allied intervention, the Nuremburg Trials, and the future impact of genocide in World History.  HI 426 is a lecture class and students are encouraged to attend all of the class sessions, take notes, read the assignments, and ask questions.  Students that have exceptionalities should meet with the professor outside of class or during his office hours. In order to assist students, the instructor will give the lecture with the aid of PowerPoint. Midterm, Final, Texts, bibliography, first film assignment, graduate readings, PowerPoint Notes, class schedule, and other important items can be found by using the appropriate hyperlink.

UNDERGRADUATE ASSIGNMENTS:

There will be two (2) take-home examinations,a book review over the outside readings for the class, and film review essay.  All examinations follow essay form. During the take-home examination, students may use their lecture notes, books, or other outside sources; however, students will not use encyclopedias in their response. Likewise, all outside sources will be properly annotated, in other words, endnotes or footnotes will be included in the essay.

GRADUATE ASSIGNMENTS:

     Graduate students working on a Master of Arts degree will write a comprehensive book review essay over nine books concerning the history of the Holocaust. The paper shall be no less than fifteen, double-spaced pages in length. For ideas on how to write a comprehensive book review essay, check the New York Review of Books for ideas.

 BOOK REVIEW:

Students will write a review over one  (1) books from the required texts for the class.  Students can substitute for any of the required texts except for the textbook.  The paper should analyze the book, identifying the author’s theme; look at how the author uses sources, how important was the book to your understanding of the Holocaust and the general readability of the book.  The paper should be no less than five (5) pages in length.

 GRADES:

Grades will be based on the two (2) take-home examinations, a book review, a  film review essay, and attendance.  The number of points available during the semester will total 500.  From that, the professor will assign grades based upon a standard distribution of 90%, 80%, 70%, and 60%.