PS 225 - Hitler and Nazi Germany: A Case Study in Totalitarianism

Institution:

Baker University

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Description:

This course is designed for first and second year students as an introductory colloquium. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the Nazi period and its major figures and political structures for the years 1933-1945. Through the medium of film, literature and political history, it is roughly divided into two parts: for the first several weeks, we will trace the rise of Russian Communism, Italian Fascism and the National Socialists in Germany from the period 1900 to the time of Hitler's ascension to the Chancellorship in 1933. The second (and much lengthier) part of the course focuses on the 1930s-1945, and is specifically concerned with the National Socialists era; thesocial programs, expansionist ambitions, the national pogrom against Jews (and homosexuals, gypsies and other "enemies" internal and external), with which they are associated, and with the war itself. (Cross-listed as HI 225.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bakeru.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 873-4282

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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