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HI337: Nazi Germany
Semester 1 | Credits: 5
This module deals with the origins, course, and aftermath of Nazi Germany. It is divided into three sections: the first deals with the origins of Nazism and Nazi government until the outbreak of war in 1939; the second section looks at different groups within society, to see how they responded to Nazism; the last section deals with the war and the Holocaust, as well as efforts to come to terms with the Nazi past in the post-war period. The course will pay special attention to questions that have caused controversy among historians - such as whether Nazism represented a continuity or discontinuity in German history, the role of ordinary Germans in implementing the regime's racial policies, and the implications of the recent emphasis on their own wartime suffering.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Outline the main events, developments and people associated with the history of Nazi Germany
- Summarise the historiography on Nazi Germany and evaluate conflicting views on various controversial questions
- Examine historical events and processes related to Nazi Germany in terms of their causality, impact, typicality and significance
- Write essays with due attention to spelling, grammar and scholarly referencing
Assessments
- Written Assessment (67%)
- Continuous Assessment (33%)
Teachers
- HELENA CONDON:
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- RÓISÍN HEALY:
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Reading List
- "A Concise History of the Third Reich" by Joseph Bendersky
Publisher: Rowland and Littlefield - "A concise history of the Third Reich" by Wolfgang Benz; translated by Thomas Dunlap
ISBN: 0520234898.
Publisher: University of California Press - "The Third Reich: A New History" by Michael Burleigh
ISBN: 9780330487573.
Publisher: Pan - "Nazi Germany" by edited by Jane Caplan
ISBN: 9780199276875.
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2008. - "The Coming of the Third Reich" by Richard J. Evans
ISBN: 1594200041.
Publisher: Penguin Books - "The Third Reich in power, 1933-1939" by Richard J. Evans
ISBN: 1594200742.
Publisher: Penguin Press - "The Third Reich at War" by Richard J. Evans
ISBN: 9781594202063.
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The - "The Nazi dictatorship" by Ian Kershaw
ISBN: 0340760281.
Publisher: Arnold ; 2000. - "Hitler" by Ian Kershaw
ISBN: 0141035889.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd - "Weimar Germany" by edited by Anthony McElligott
ISBN: 9780199280063.
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2009. - "Inside Nazi Germany" by Detlev J. K. Peukert; translated by Richard Deveson
ISBN: 0300038631.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.