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The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry is an adaptation of an on-campus course that has been co-taught by Murray Baumgarten, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Literature Department), and Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus (History Department), for over 20 years at UC Santa Cruz. 

In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels. You will expand your knowledge of the literature of the Holocaust, Eastern and Western European Jewish communities, the origins and development of antisemitism, the establishment of labor and extermination camps, resistance movements, and the Holocaust as a problem for world history. 

There is more than one way to take this course: You can complete all of the activities (and earn a Verified Certificate) or only the activities that are most interesting to you. Whatever you choose to do, we encourage you to find a havruta (a study partner) in your community or in the Coursera community so that you can experience the course in a more interactive and meaningful way.

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100 % en ligne

Commencez dès maintenant et apprenez aux horaires qui vous conviennent.

Dates limites flexibles

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Approx. 34 heures pour terminer

Recommandé : 3 hours/week...

Anglais

Sous-titres : Anglais, Espagnol

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Semaine

1

4 heures pour terminer

Who were the Jews?

This module is an introduction to the study of the Holocaust and a prehistory of the Holocaust. Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the roots of modern antisemitism, the culture of European Jews in the 19th century, Nehama Tec’s Dry Tears, and the various genres of Holocaust literature. The module also contains general information about the course.

13 vidéos (Total 161 min), 7 lectures

13 vidéos

1.1.1 Introductions14 min

1.1.2 Who were the Jews?7 min

1.1.3 Why do we study the Holocaust?12 min

1.1.4 Poetry and perspectives16 min

1.2.1 Western European Jewry in the 19th century9 min

1.2.2 Jewish success and European antisemitism14 min

1.2.3 Jews in French society14 min

1.2.4 Roots of modern antisemitism6 min

1.2.5 Theodor Herzl11 min

1.3.1 Expectations of reality13 min

1.3.2 Hier ist kein warum11 min

1.3.3 Yiddish culture13 min

1.3.4 On Account of a Hat18 min

7 lectures

Description10 min

Books and films10 min

Writing assignments10 min

Acknowledgements10 min

1.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

1.1.5 Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car (English translation)10 min

1.3.5 On Account of a Hat (English translation)10 min

Semaine

2

4 heures pour terminer

Prelude to the Holocaust

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the changing demographics and political landscape of early 20th century Eastern Europe, Jewish identity, the Bildungsroman, Silvano Arieti’s The Parnas, Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz, Aharon Appelfeld’s Badenheim 1939, and Elie Wiesel’s Night.

19 vidéos (Total 231 min), 1 lecture

19 vidéos

2.1.1 Eastern Europe in the 20th century9 min

2.1.2 Poland, part 110 min

2.1.3 Poland, part 27 min

2.1.4 Hungary, part 110 min

2.1.5 Hungary, part 212 min

2.1.6 Fear and hatred5 min

2.2.1 Liberal European culture9 min

2.2.2 Night, part 111 min

2.2.3 Night, part 214 min

2.2.4 Life in the Arbeitslager14 min

2.3.1 Jewry of the Russian Empire18 min

2.3.2 The Russian state16 min

2.3.3 Changing demographics9 min

2.3.4 Pogroms in the Russian Empire and the USSR13 min

2.3.5 Jewish identity7 min

2.4.1 The Bildungsroman, part 17 min

2.4.2 The Bildungsroman, part 218 min

2.4.3 The Bildungsroman, part 320 min

2.4.4 The Bildungsroman, part 412 min

1 lecture

2.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

Semaine

3

4 heures pour terminer

Rise of the Nazis

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the political and social environment of 1930s Germany, the Jewish question, and the treatment of evil in poetry.

14 vidéos (Total 173 min), 7 lectures

14 vidéos

3.1.1 Fascism12 min

3.1.2 Hitler and the Jews14 min

3.1.3 Germans and the Jews13 min

3.1.4 The rise of the Nazis11 min

3.1.5 Nazism in German culture5 min

3.2.1 Poetry and evil, part 113 min

3.2.2 Poetry and evil, part 215 min

3.2.3 Poetry and evil, part 37 min

3.2.4 Todesfugue (Death Fugue)16 min

3.3.1 Intentionalism and functionalism20 min

3.3.2 What do we do with the Jews?15 min

3.3.3 Why didn't they leave?13 min

3.3.4 The Anschluß and German pogroms5 min

3.3.5 Passing and not passing8 min

7 lectures

3.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

3.2.5 Kaddish10 min

3.2.6 Nightsong (English translation)10 min

3.2.7 Death Fugue (English translation)10 min

3.2.8 Todesfuge (German)10 min

3.2.9 Memento Mori (English translation)10 min

3.2.10 Memento Mori (Yiddish)10 min

Semaine

4

5 heures pour terminer

Beginnings of war

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the conditions that were necessary for the Holocaust to occur, the early events of World War II, Thomas Kenneally’s Schindlers List, Andres Schwartz-Bart’s The Last of the Just, and questions of guilt and responsibility.

15 vidéos (Total 188 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

15 vidéos

4.1.1 Questions for the Jews14 min

4.1.2 Direct acts of violence14 min

4.1.3 Fight for what?13 min

4.1.4 Eroticization of violence13 min

4.1.5 Resistance and agency5 min

4.2.1 Beginnings of war9 min

4.2.2 German war aims10 min

4.2.3 Ghettoes16 min

4.2.4 Jewish leadership14 min

4.2.5 What did the neighbors say?12 min

4.3.1 Language of trauma15 min

4.3.2 Banality of evil15 min

4.3.3 Schindler's List, part 110 min

4.3.4 Schindler's List, part 216 min

4.3.5 Guilt and responsibility4 min

1 lecture

4.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

Semaine

5

3 heures pour terminer

Witness to trauma

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the invasion of the Soviet Union, Thomas Kenneally’s Schindler’s List, and questions of witnessing. Guest speaker Dora Sorell shares her own experience of the Holocaust.

16 vidéos (Total 185 min), 1 lecture

16 vidéos

5.1.1 Wartime lunacy6 min

5.1.2 Einsatzgruppen, part 113 min

5.1.3 Einsatzgruppen, part 214 min

5.1.4 Pogroms in the east7 min

5.1.5 Forms of resistance17 min

5.2.1 Witness to trauma, part 113 min

5.2.2 Witness to trauma, part 214 min

5.2.3 Witness to trauma, part 317 min

5.2.4 Witness to trauma, part 411 min

5.3.1 Dora Sorell, part 19 min

5.3.2 Dora Sorell, part 27 min

5.3.3 Dora Sorell, part 38 min

5.3.4 Dora Sorell, part 48 min

5.3.5 Dora Sorell, part 59 min

5.3.6 Dora Sorell, part 613 min

5.3.7 Dora Sorell, part 711 min

1 lecture

5.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

Semaine

6

4 heures pour terminer

Establishment of the camps

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the establishment of labor and extermination camps, memorialization, Tadeusz Borowski’s This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Christopher Browning’s Ordinary Men.

11 vidéos (Total 121 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

11 vidéos

6.1.1 The heart of the matter10 min

6.1.2 From labor to extermination13 min

6.1.3 Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka11 min

6.1.4 The task of killing6 min

6.1.5 Auschwitz11 min

6.1.6 Who knew about the murders?8 min

6.2.1 This Way for the Gas, part 112 min

6.2.2 This Way for the Gas, part 26 min

6.2.3 This Way for the Gas, part 320 min

6.2.4 This Way for the Gas, part 411 min

6.2.5 Memorials and understanding7 min

1 lecture

6.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

Semaine

7

4 heures pour terminer

Deportation and extermination

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the Holocaust in Western Europe, the complex history of Hungary, Imre Kertész’s Fatelessness, and Ida Fink’s A Scrap of Time.

20 vidéos (Total 233 min), 3 lectures

20 vidéos

7.1.1 The Wansee Conference15 min

7.1.2 Denmark and Norway17 min

7.1.3 Belgium and Holland8 min

7.1.4 France and Italy16 min

7.1.5 Nazi looting8 min

7.2.1 Fatelessness, part 17 min

7.2.2 Fatelessness, part 26 min

7.2.3 Fatelessness, part 313 min

7.2.4 Fatelessness, part 413 min

7.2.5 Fatelessness, part 56 min

7.3.1 Deportation and extermination16 min

7.3.2 Antisemitic laws7 min

7.3.3 Germany and Hungary19 min

7.3.4 Separate peace11 min

7.3.5 Ambiguities7 min

7.4.1 A Scrap of Time, part 18 min

7.4.2 A Scrap of Time, part 215 min

7.4.3 A Scrap of Time, part 310 min

7.4.4 A Scrap of Time, part 410 min

7.4.5 A Scrap of Time, part 510 min

3 lectures

7.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

7.2.6 Never Say/Partisan Song (English translation)10 min

7.2.7 Zog Nit Keyn Mol/Partizaner Lid (Yiddish)10 min

Semaine

8

4 heures pour terminer

The perpetrators, the neighbors, and the outside world

In this module Profs. Baumgarten and Kenez discuss the unique case of Romania, the culpability of the outside world, and the end of World War II. The text of Adolf Hitler’s last testament is provided.

11 vidéos (Total 107 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz

11 vidéos

8.1.1 Romania, part 114 min

8.1.2 Romania, part 28 min

8.1.3 Romania, part 310 min

8.1.4 Romania, part 413 min

8.1.5 A gigantic biological and social experiment7 min

8.2.1 The perpetrators8 min

8.2.2 Other types of madness7 min

8.2.3 The surrounding population7 min

8.2.4 The outside world5 min

8.2.5 Isolation12 min

8.2.6 Last testament10 min

2 lectures

8.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10 min

8.2.7 My Political Testament10 min

Enseignants

Murray Baumgarten

Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative Literature

Literature

Peter Kenez

Professor Emeritus

History

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