The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution
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Duration | 7 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution at Coursera Course details
- The Holocaust was an inconceivable historical event, which forever robbed Western culture of its innocence. As civilized human beings, we fail to understand how events of such horror could have taken place, and how an idea so inhumanly warped could have spread like wildfire through an entire continent, instigating the systematic annihilation of millions of Jews.
- This free online course was produced jointly by Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem ? the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. This course is the second of the two courses and covers three themes in its three weeks:
- Week 1: The Final Solution
- We?ll look at the cultural and mental processes that paved the way to the comprehensive and systematic mass murder of Jews in Europe ? that is, the Final Solution. As part of this hard lesson we will discuss the various characteristics of the murder sites and death camps, and reveal selected aspects of the horror that occurred in them.
- Week 2: Jewish and Non-Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
- We will try to explore questions regarding knowledge about the application of the Final Solution, as well as a variety of responses and annihilation of victims, local populations and perpetrators.
- Week 3: The End of the War
- We will dedicate this lesson to the events that occurred in the last years of the Holocaust, as well as questions of memory, commemoration and future research.
- We strongly recommend that you register for "The Holocaust - An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World" as well (https://www.coursera.org/learn/holocaust-introduction-1/home/welcome). Taking both parts of the course would enable you to obtain a fuller and more comprehensive knowledge about The Holocaust.
- This online course is offered in an innovative, multi-level format, comprising:
- Comprehensive lectures by leading researchers from Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem.
- A wealth of voices and viewpoints presented by guest lecturers
- Numerous documents, photos, testimonies and works of art from the time of the Holocaust.
- Novel learning experience: Crowdsourcing ? involving the learners themselves in the act of collecting and shaping information, via unique, exciting online assignments.
The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution at Coursera Curriculum
The Final Solution and the Drive for Eliminating All Jews and All Perceived Jewish "Influences"
Course trailer
Introduction
Early ?solutions? of the Jewish problem
The final solution: who decided, when and how?
Killing Sites
Camp Universe
Last Unit
Before we begin
Ian Kershaw, ?Hitler?s Role in the ?Final Solution??
Christopher Browning, "Initiating the Final Solution: The Fateful Months of September-October 1941"
Jewish and Non-Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
What (and when) was known to the Jews in occupied Europe?
Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Leadership
Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Resistance
Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Rescue
Reactions of non Jews to the Holocaust
How was it humanly possible?
Nechama Tec, "Jewish Resistance: Facts, Omissions and Distortions"
Jan Grabowski, ?Rural Society and the Jews in Hiding: Elders, Night Watches, Firefighters, Hostages and Manhunts?
Jan Grabowski, "Rescue for Money: Paid Helpers in Poland, 1939-1945"
Alina Skibi?ska and Jakub Petelewicz, ?The Participation of Poles in Crimes against Jews in the ?wi?tokrzyskie Region?
Mid-course quiz
The Free World, the last months, the Aftermath and the Implications
Did the world remain silent?
The End: Year 1944
The Anguish of Liberation
Memory, commemoration and long term effects
Holocaust research - what is still unknown + facing the future
The Holocaust - An Introduction
David Silberklang, " The Allies and the Holocaust: A Reappraisal"
David Bankier, "The Germans and The Holocaust: What Did They Know?"
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