JAN 317 - The Holocaust: Antisemitism Through the Ages and The Rescue of Jews

Modality: Hybrid: Students must be on campus for in-person classes and Zoom for online class sessions.

Level: Upper Division (300 Level)
Course Times: 2:45pm - 5:25pm
Note: See the Jan Term website for meeting days if not specified here.
Course Materials Fee: None

Instructor(s): Hadani, Michael
Email: mh21@stmarys-ca.edu

We explore the historical and societal breakdown of just social order in Nazi Germany as well as throughout Christian history where Jews were persecuted and expelled in the name of Christianity. Though anti-Judaism did not cause the Holocaust, it did contribute to it. How and why anti-Judaism evolved into racial Antisemitism is scrutinized. The course also includes heroic and documented stories of rescue throughout Nazi-occupied Europe and critiques how and why those rescuers did what they did and how they contributed to the common good-both in their own time and for the future.

We follow a seminar style format. Your questions, responses, and ideas are expected and appreciated. About 25% of the class in online and 75% is in person. We thus follow a hybrid format.

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Credits: 3-CU