Week 3: The Historians Debates in the US:Responses to Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executionersįeb. Roundtable disussion to "historicize" the Historikerstreit: Bitburg, Jenninger Affair, Grass vs. "A Conflict of Memories?" The New German Debates about the "Final Solution" Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture. Maier."Epilog: Whose Holocaust? Whose History?" p. 31: Ernestine Schlant: "Speeches and Controversies" chapter 8 of The Language of Silence CR 50-70Ĭharles S. 29: Michael Stürmer, History in a Land without History.Įrnst Nolte, The Past that will not Pass.Ĭhristian Meier, Condemning and Comprehending Week 2: The Historians Debate (Historikerstreit) in W Germany Peter Demetz, On Auschwitz and on Writing in German: a Letter to a Student. 24: Ernestine Schlant, Introduction to her book: The language of Silence.
These minutes will become part of the web page for this course.Ĭourse Schedule: I: Debates Among Historians in Germany and the US An additional writing assignment will involve students in taking turns at being the class "scribe" to take minutes of each class discussion or lecture. The objectives of this course are: 1) to expose students to the controversies and debates encountered by historians, film makers, visual artists and playwrights in their depiction of the events of the Nazi period in German history 2) to be able to identify and then analyze the arguments of critics engaged in debates about particular works 3) to develop skills in critical thinking and writing through participation in class discussions and debates, presenting oral reports to the class, exams and a final paper.
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