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course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels.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.
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
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Lehrplan - Was Sie in diesem Kurs lernen werden
Woche
14 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 161 min), 7 Lektüren
13 Videos
1.1.2 Who were the Jews?7m
1.1.3 Why do we study the Holocaust?12m
1.1.4 Poetry and perspectives16m
1.2.1 Western European Jewry in the 19th century9m
1.2.2 Jewish success and European antisemitism14m
1.2.3 Jews in French society14m
1.2.4 Roots of modern antisemitism6m
1.2.5 Theodor Herzl11m
1.3.1 Expectations of reality13m
1.3.2 Hier ist kein warum11m
1.3.3 Yiddish culture13m
1.3.4 On Account of a Hat18m
7 Lektüren
Description10m
Books and films10m
Writing assignments10m
Acknowledgements10m
1.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
1.1.5 Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car (English translation)10m
1.3.5 On Account of a Hat (English translation)10m
Woche
24 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 231 min), 1 Lektüre
19 Videos
2.1.2 Poland, part 110m
2.1.3 Poland, part 27m
2.1.4 Hungary, part 110m
2.1.5 Hungary, part 212m
2.1.6 Fear and hatred5m
2.2.1 Liberal European culture9m
2.2.2 Night, part 111m
2.2.3 Night, part 214m
2.2.4 Life in the Arbeitslager14m
2.3.1 Jewry of the Russian Empire18m
2.3.2 The Russian state16m
2.3.3 Changing demographics9m
2.3.4 Pogroms in the Russian Empire and the USSR13m
2.3.5 Jewish identity7m
2.4.1 The Bildungsroman, part 17m
2.4.2 The Bildungsroman, part 218m
2.4.3 The Bildungsroman, part 320m
2.4.4 The Bildungsroman, part 412m
1 Lektüre
2.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
Woche
34 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 173 min), 7 Lektüren
14 Videos
3.1.2 Hitler and the Jews14m
3.1.3 Germans and the Jews13m
3.1.4 The rise of the Nazis11m
3.1.5 Nazism in German culture5m
3.2.1 Poetry and evil, part 113m
3.2.2 Poetry and evil, part 215m
3.2.3 Poetry and evil, part 37m
3.2.4 Todesfugue (Death Fugue)16m
3.3.1 Intentionalism and functionalism20m
3.3.2 What do we do with the Jews?15m
3.3.3 Why didn't they leave?13m
3.3.4 The Anschluß and German pogroms5m
3.3.5 Passing and not passing8m
7 Lektüren
3.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
3.2.5 Kaddish10m
3.2.6 Nightsong (English translation)10m
3.2.7 Death Fugue (English translation)10m
3.2.8 Todesfuge (German)10m
3.2.9 Memento Mori (English translation)10m
3.2.10 Memento Mori (Yiddish)10m
Woche
45 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 188 min), 1 Lektüre, 1 Quiz
15 Videos
4.1.2 Direct acts of violence14m
4.1.3 Fight for what?13m
4.1.4 Eroticization of violence13m
4.1.5 Resistance and agency5m
4.2.1 Beginnings of war9m
4.2.2 German war aims10m
4.2.3 Ghettoes16m
4.2.4 Jewish leadership14m
4.2.5 What did the neighbors say?12m
4.3.1 Language of trauma15m
4.3.2 Banality of evil15m
4.3.3 Schindler's List, part 110m
4.3.4 Schindler's List, part 216m
4.3.5 Guilt and responsibility4m
1 Lektüre
4.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
Woche
53 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 185 min), 1 Lektüre
16 Videos
5.1.2 Einsatzgruppen, part 113m
5.1.3 Einsatzgruppen, part 214m
5.1.4 Pogroms in the east7m
5.1.5 Forms of resistance17m
5.2.1 Witness to trauma, part 113m
5.2.2 Witness to trauma, part 214m
5.2.3 Witness to trauma, part 317m
5.2.4 Witness to trauma, part 411m
5.3.1 Dora Sorell, part 19m
5.3.2 Dora Sorell, part 27m
5.3.3 Dora Sorell, part 38m
5.3.4 Dora Sorell, part 48m
5.3.5 Dora Sorell, part 59m
5.3.6 Dora Sorell, part 613m
5.3.7 Dora Sorell, part 711m
1 Lektüre
5.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
Woche
64 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 121 min), 1 Lektüre, 1 Quiz
11 Videos
6.1.2 From labor to extermination13m
6.1.3 Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka11m
6.1.4 The task of killing6m
6.1.5 Auschwitz11m
6.1.6 Who knew about the murders?8m
6.2.1 This Way for the Gas, part 112m
6.2.2 This Way for the Gas, part 26m
6.2.3 This Way for the Gas, part 320m
6.2.4 This Way for the Gas, part 411m
6.2.5 Memorials and understanding7m
1 Lektüre
6.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
Woche
74 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 233 min), 3 Lektüren
20 Videos
7.1.2 Denmark and Norway17m
7.1.3 Belgium and Holland8m
7.1.4 France and Italy16m
7.1.5 Nazi looting8m
7.2.1 Fatelessness, part 17m
7.2.2 Fatelessness, part 26m
7.2.3 Fatelessness, part 313m
7.2.4 Fatelessness, part 413m
7.2.5 Fatelessness, part 56m
7.3.1 Deportation and extermination16m
7.3.2 Antisemitic laws7m
7.3.3 Germany and Hungary19m
7.3.4 Separate peace11m
7.3.5 Ambiguities7m
7.4.1 A Scrap of Time, part 18m
7.4.2 A Scrap of Time, part 215m
7.4.3 A Scrap of Time, part 310m
7.4.4 A Scrap of Time, part 410m
7.4.5 A Scrap of Time, part 510m
3 Lektüren
7.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
7.2.6 Never Say/Partisan Song (English translation)10m
7.2.7 Zog Nit Keyn Mol/Partizaner Lid (Yiddish)10m
Woche
84 Stunden zum Abschließen
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 Videos (Gesamt 107 min), 2 Lektüren, 1 Quiz
11 Videos
8.1.2 Romania, part 28m
8.1.3 Romania, part 310m
8.1.4 Romania, part 413m
8.1.5 A gigantic biological and social experiment7m
8.2.1 The perpetrators8m
8.2.2 Other types of madness7m
8.2.3 The surrounding population7m
8.2.4 The outside world5m
8.2.5 Isolation12m
8.2.6 Last testament10m
2 Lektüren
8.0.1 Topics, readings, and films10m
8.2.7 My Political Testament10m
Top-Bewertungen
I want to say how much I especially enjoyed Dr Kenez and his very clear and concise lectures on the historical aspects of the subject matter. Thank you very much. Richard Kilgore
The presentations raise vital questions , dis-aggregates historical experience and has generated interest in me to study the issues further . Many thanks to the Professors.
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Murray Baumgarten
Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative LiteratureLiterature
Peter Kenez
Professor EmeritusHistory
Über University of California, Santa Cruz
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