COURSE NAME: Holocaust, History of the

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Mayfield

INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Wasserstrom

Half Year

COURSE PREREQUISITES: Open to students in grades 12

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: This course explores the roots of the Holocaust in European anti-
Semitism, and traces the development of discriminatory attitudes toward their horrible outcome during the
Second World War.


The goal of studying, what is arguably the most crucial event in twentieth century history, is to provide
students with a solidly grounded appreciation of the need for the respect and tolerance of others.

The irrational basis of anti-Semitism will be analyzed, as will the methods by which the murderous rhetoric
was literally put into practice, not simply by SS thugs, but also by the German Wehrmacht, by the police,
and by "ordinary men."

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:  

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