'America and the Holocaust'
HIST 310: Europe and the HolocaustProfessor: Terry L. ShoptaughOffice: Library 409Phone: 236-2379 office, 236-6068 home (until 10PM)e-mail: terry.shoptaugh@mnstate.edu website: mnstate.edu/shoptaugScope of the course This course examines how the Jewish population of Europe was nearly destroyed in the 1930s and 1940s, and how the Holocaust influenced events in the postwar world. This class will be taught as a seminar, so doing the reading ON SCHEDULE is essential. Among the topics to be covered are:How anti-Semitism in Europe influenced the German repression of its Jewish population.Why so many nations took no action to revise immigration policies in the 1930s, as European refugees sought to flee persecution.How Germany conceived and carried out its attempts to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe.How the Holocaust was ‘discovered’ and how Germany was held accountable for the Holocaust How the Holocaust has influenced the postwar world.Required texts: Marion Kaplan -- Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany (Oxford University Press, 1999)Peter Novick, The Holocaust in American Life (Mariner Books, 2000Additional readings:Students are urged to look at one website, which provides background for a personal story related to MSUM -- portion of each of the following works will be used for this class. These will be on the class web site:Arnold Bernstein, “Starting Over” -- a personal, short story of an exile in New York.Primo Levi, The Reawakening (Simon and Schuster, 1965) – an example of Levi’s experiences at Auschwitz.Robert Wistrich, Hitler and the Holocaust (Modern Library, 2003) – one section containing background on Hitler’s anti-Semitism. Mark Wyman, “The Surviving Remnant” – Historian Wyman summarizes what happened to some of the Jewish survivors after the wwar.Also, some short readings will be placed on the web site or passed out in class – to be used for discussion the following week. Assignments and Assessment of Student LearningStudents taking this class will submit 2 papers and complete 1 essay examination. Each student’s final grade for the class will be the result of the following:1.An examination based on terms passed out in class and on the readings (an essay question related to the Kaplan book will be passed out two weeks prior to the exam): 30%2.Paper in in relation to the Novick text: 30%3.The paper you write based on topic you select: 40%All papers and exam essays will be graded on the content of the arguments, the information cited in support of the arguments (and documented in proper format). An excellent paper or essay will:Contain a strong argument and clear, accurate and well-supported statements.Be well organized with properly arranged paragraphs and sentences, containing clearly stated premises and coherent points.Provide properly documented citations to sources in appropriate format (MLA, APA, etc. I have no preference for style so long as it is sufficient to find the source and the information used in the paper).Adhere to the proper rules for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.Disability Access StatementStudents with disabilities who believe they may need an accommodation in this class must contact Greg Toutges, Coordinator of Disability Services at 299-5859, CMU 222 as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.Late or Missing WorkI will not accept late essays for full credit unless you have made arrangements with me before the scheduled time. Only extenuating circumstances (and ones that you can document) will merit extensions for late work. For all other late written assignments or exams I deduct one grade for each day it is late. You must turn in all assignments in order to pass the course.Academic DishonestyCases of academic dishonesty will result in failure for the assignment or for the course, as supported by university policy, and they will be reported to university administration. Unintentional cases of academic dishonesty (such as improper use of sources on the essay assignment) are generally easy for a professor to spot and easy for a student to avoid. Please visit me during office hours if you are unsure about how to document a source.Class schedule:WeekReadingsAssignments, exams, etc1Introduction to courseComplete the Kaplan book by week 62Read the Wistrich item on reserve345Exam in class67Read the Levi item on reserve8Complete the Novick book by week 119Read Bernstein and Wyman excerpts10111st paper due1213Draft of 2nd paper due1415162nd paper due ................
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