HIST430 - THIRD REICH

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST430 - THIRD REICH
Term
2015C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
001
Section ID
HIST430001
Registration notes

SECTION ACTIVITY CO-REQUISITE REQUIRED

Meeting times
MW 0100PM-0200PM
Meeting location
STITELER HALL B6
Instructors
CHILDERS, THOMAS
Description
The meteoric rise of Hitler's NSDAP in Germany, the nature of Nazi rule, and the final collapse of the Third Reich. The first half of the semester analyzes the appeal of the NSDAP- who joined the party, who voted for it, and why. Nazi mobilization tactics, campaign strategy, and grass-roots techniques, the content of the party's social appeals. The second half of the course concentrates on the Nazis in power, their use of terror and propaganda, their ideological objective, everyday life in the Third Reich, the possibilities of resistance to the regime. Special attention will be devoted to Nazi Jewish policy and the step that led to the "Final Solution" and the Holocaust.
Course number only
430
Use local description
No
Section Type
SENIOR ASSOCIATES
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled