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The Holocaust in the News

Betrayal and Justice in Jewish Courts after the Holocaust (October 2022)

Survivor Tova Friedman's new Memoir Reflects on Life as "The Daughter of Auschwitz" (NPR, 3 September 2022)

Persecution of Roma and Sinti in the Nazi era and after (Barbara Warnock and Elise Bath Podcast)

Historical levels of hate crimes are a threat to U.S. democracy, Lipstadt says (NPLR 20 May 2022)

Scholars Fear Impact of Poland's Law on the Holocaust (Inside HigerEd, 15 April 2021)

How Russia, Poland, and Ukraine Try to Revise WWII History (Dmitry Shlapentokh, Institute of Modern Russia, 18 Feburary 2020)

Netflix to amend Devil Next Door series after Poland complaint (BBC, 15 November 2019)

Author Interview of The Plateau (NPR, 31 August

Antisemitism in US Politics (NPR, 29 August 2019)

The History of "Public Charge" Requirements in U.S. Immigration Law (NPR, 13 August 2019)

What if Instagram Existed During the Holocaust? (Brut., 2 May 2019)

Hungary's New Holocaust Museum Isn't Open Yet, But It's Already Causing Concern (NPR, Joanna Kakissis, 8 February 2019)

A History of When the US Chose Immigrants by Their Country of Origin (13 January 2018, NPR)

What America Taught the Nazis, Ira Katznelson, The Atlantic (November 2017)

'Portugal's Schindler' is Remembered, Decades After His Life-Saving Deeds (NPR, 4 August 2016)

Newly discovered Himmler Diaries being serialized by Bild BBC (2 August 2016); Huffington Post (3 August 20

"Nostra Aetate" Opened Up Catholic, Jewish Relations 50 Years Ago (NPR, 2 November 2015)

"Experimenter" Star Peter Sarsgaard on Stanley Milgrim's Radical Work (NPR, 29 October 2015)

This powerful video shows how racism manifests in America today (Vox Identities, 22 September 2015)

Immortalized as "The Woman in Gold," How a Young Jew Became a Secular Icon (NPR, 23 June 2015)

Varian Fry and the American Rescue Committee (12 March 2015, National WWII Museum)

Searing Memories of Nazi Germany's First Concentration Camp (NPR, 29 April 2015)

Family Film Offers Glimpse of 'Three Minutes in Poland' Before Holocaust (NPR, 16 November 2014)

Picasso, Nazis and a Daring Escape in 'My Grandfather's Gallery' (NPR, 20 September 2014)

Saving the Children (60 Minutes; Bob Simon interviews Sir Nicholas Winton)

For a Rabbi who Worked with the Naizs, is Judgment 'Unjust'?

External Links

Commonwealth University Libraries (a.k.a. Andruss Library)

Brightspace (formerly BOLT)

Holocaust History Websites

America and the Holocaust (PBS American Experience)

The Anne Frank Center USA

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (University of Minnesota)

David Wyman Institute

Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies

Experiencing History: Holocaust Sources in Context (USHMM)

German History in Documents and Images

German Propaganda Archive at Calvin College

Holocaust Research Project

Jewish Virtual Library

The Nizkor Project

The Nizkor Project's Adolf Eichmann Trial

The Nizkor Project International Military Tribunal

Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US (archived website)

The Science of Hatred

Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

United State Holocaust Memorial Museum

USHMM-YouTube Channel

Tracing the Fates of the St. Louis Passengers (USHMM)

United States National Archives Holocaust Era Assets

Unites States National Archive Interagency Working Group

illage of Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America (1978)

Voices of the Holocaust (David P. Boder Interviews)

Yad Vashem: Holocaust Resource Center

Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial Books at NY Library)

History of the Holocaust

Fall 2024, Meeting Times, TuTh, 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

Course Infographic (an overview)

Assignment Guidelines and Policies (updated 8 August 2024)

Daily Calendar of Learning and Teaching Activities (updated 17 August 2024)

Study Cycle for History

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Recorded Lectures

Note: Students attending an in-person section of this history course may use these to gain content if you missed an in-person lecture or review lecture content, yet be aware that the in-person lecture and PPT slides are updated. Skeletal Lecture Notes (SLN) offered here accompany the video lectures, not in-person presentations.

Human Nature and the Holocaust (24 min) - SLN

Hitler and the Germans:

Part 1 of 3 (17 min) - SLN

Part 2 of 3 (23 min) - SLN

Part 3 of 3 (32 min) - SLN

Antisemitism, Racism, and Prejudice:

Part 1 of 2 (13 min) - SLN

Part 2 of 2 (17 min)- SLN

The Search for a "Solution"

Part 1 of 3 (22 min) - SLN

Part 2 of 3 (22 min) - SLN

Part 3 of 3 (40 min) - SLN

The Decision to Kill:

Part 1 of 3 (13 min) - SLN

Part 2 of 3 (24 min) - SLN

Part 3 of 3 (20 min) - SLN

Explaining Perpetrator Behavior:

Part 1 of 3 (16 Min) - SLN

Part 2 of 3 (17 min) - SLN

Part 3 of 3 (30 min) - SLN

Jewish Responses to Persecution in the Killing Years:

Part 1 of 3 (14 min) - SLN

Part 2 of 3 (25 min) - SLN

Part 3 of 3 (33 min) - SLN

Auschwitz: Historical Context

Lecture (27 min) - SLN

The Ghettos in Holocaust History

Lecture (15 min) - SLN

Remembering the Holocaust:

Part 1, The Sources (32 min) - SLN

Part 2, Video Testimony (14 min) - SLN

Part 3, Video Testimony (16 min) - SLN

Politics of Rescue:

Part 1, Introduction (9 min) - SLN

Part 2, The Persecution Years, 1933-mid-1941 (26 min) - SLN

Part 3, During the Killing Years, 1941-45 (22 min) - SLN

Part 4, During the Killing Years, 1941-45 (25 min) - SLN