The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World
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Duration | 7 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- The Holocaust was an inconceivable historical event, which forever robbed Western culture of its innocence. As civilized human beings, we fail to understand how events of such horror could have taken place, and how an idea so inhumanly warped could have spread like wildfire through an entire continent, instigating the systematic annihilation of millions of Jews.
- This free online course was produced jointly by Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem ? the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. The course tracks the history of the Holocaust and has two parts. "The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World" is the first of the two courses and covers the following themes in its three weeks:
- Week 1: From Hatred to Core Ideology
- We will try to delve into Nazi ideology and the special place of Jews and Judaism in it. We will also discuss how the National Socialist Party converted the German Democracy of the Weimar Republic into a totalitarian regime within a short period of time, and its meaning for Jews and non-Jewish citizens.
- Week 2: The World and the Jews in World War II
- We will try to examine the broader contexts of the Holocaust and to place it, as part of World War 2. In this meeting we will also refer to the vital Jewish world to be found under various Nazi occupations and influences.
- Week 3: The Isolation Abyss - the Perspective of the Individual
- We will try to reveal different aspects of Jewish life in the face of the badge of shame, ghettos and segregation, as well as the formation of individual, societies? and leader?s reactions in the face of a consistent policy of dispossession and discrimination.
- Once you?ve completed this course, you can continue your learning with The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution (https://www.coursera.org/learn/holocaust-introduction-2/home/welcome)
- This online course is offered in an innovative, multi-level format, comprising:
- * Comprehensive lectures by leading researchers from Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem.
- * A wealth of voices and viewpoints presented by guest lecturers.
- * Numerous documents, photos, testimonies and works of art from the time of the Holocaust.
- * Novel learning experience: Crowd sourcing ? involving the learners themselves in the act of collecting and shaping information, via unique, exciting online assignments.
- REQUIREMENTS:
- This course is designed for anyone with an interest in the Holocaust, including students, teachers, academics and policy-makers.
The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World at Coursera Curriculum
From Hatred to Core Ideology; From Democracy to a Totalitarian State; Nazi Germany and the Jews
Course trailer
Introduction: why the Holocaust, why history, why this course?
Why the Jews? Traditional anti-Semitism as a central background
The uniqueness of Nazi anti-Semitism and its place in the NS ideology
1933: Gleichschaltung
1933-1939: Life in Nazi Germany
1933-1939: Jewish life in Nazi Germany
1938 - A Major Turning Point
Saul Friedlander, Nazi Germany and the Jews
Wolfgang Benz, ?Exclusion as a Stage in Persecution: The Jewish Situation in Germany, 1933-1941?
The World and the Jews in World War II
Nazi military occupations and varying occupation policies
From the Historian's Desk - Visual Documentation
Focus on Poland
Focus on France and Paris
A World at War and world Jewry
Europe and its Jews between the two world wars
Judith Levin and Daniel Uziel, ?Ordinary Men Extraordinary Photos ? Photographs?
Denis Peschanski, ?The Statues on Jews ? October 3, 1940 and June 2, 1942?
Check you?ve understood what you?ve learned so far
The Abyss of Isolation - the perspective of the individual
The Jewish Perspective and the Badge of Shame
Ghettoization
The Warsaw Ghetto
Isolation with no Walls
Leadership
Future Expectations and Rumors
The Holocaust - an introduction - Partial conclusions
Instructions by Heydrich on Policy and Operations concerning Jews in the Occupied Territories, September 21, 1939
Miron, Guy and Shlomit Shulhani, "General Introduction", The Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos During the Holocaust
Michael Wildt, "Generation of the Unbound: The Leadership Corps of the Reich Security Main Office"
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