Surveys 576 - The Final Solution:Memories of the Camps

Institution:

Allegheny College

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Description:

An examination of the experiences of perpetrators and victims in the totalitarian environment of the concentration, labor, and extermination camps of the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Drawing upon biographical and autobiographical accounts, as well as histories of the camps, the seminar considers the lives and actions of those individuals who administered the camps, as well as those who were confronted by the extremes of the Nazi principle of terror. The course focuses on the parameters of freedom of choice within the confines imposed by historical circumstance and explores the human capacity for living the moral life under the most extreme of conditions. Prerequisites: History 115 and permission of the instructor.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.allegheny.edu

Phone Number:

(814) 332-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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