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The Holocaust - An Introduction (II): The Final Solution
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 7 hours
  • Course by Tel Aviv University
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About

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.

Modules

Course introduction trailer

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  • Course trailer

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  • Before we begin

Introduction

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  • Introduction

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  • Ian Kershaw, “Hitler’s Role in the ‘Final Solution’”

Early “solutions” of the Jewish problem

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  • Early “solutions” of the Jewish problem

The final solution

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  • The final solution: who decided, when and how?

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  • Christopher Browning, "Initiating the Final Solution: The Fateful Months of September-October 1941"

Killing Sites

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  • Killing Sites

Camp Universe

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  • Camp Universe

Last Unit

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  • Dehumanization

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What (and when) was known to the Jews in occupied Europe?

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  • What (and when) was known to the Jews in occupied Europe?

Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Leadership

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  • Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Leadership

Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Resistance

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  • Nechama Tec, "Jewish Resistance: Facts, Omissions and Distortions"

Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Rescue

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  • Caught in the Nazi Trap

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  • Jewish Reactions in the face of death - Rescue

Reactions of non Jews to the Holocaust

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  • Reactions of non Jews to the Holocaust

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  • 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 Skibińska and Jakub Petelewicz, “The Participation of Poles in Crimes against Jews in the Świętokrzyskie Region”

How was it humanly possible?

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  • The Humanity of Human Reactions

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Did the world remain silent?

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  • Could the World Have Done More?

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  • David Silberklang, " The Allies and the Holocaust: A Reappraisal"

The End: Year 1944

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The Anguish of Liberation

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  • Where was the Basic Urge for Revenge?

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  • The Anguish of Liberation

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  • David Bankier, "The Germans and The Holocaust: What Did They Know?"

Memory, commemoration and long term effects

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  • The Holocaust in our Daily Lives

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  • Memory, commemoration and long term effects

Holocaust research - what is still unknown + facing the future

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  • Holocaust research - what is still unknown + facing the future

The Holocaust - An Introduction

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  • What have you learnt in this course?

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  • End of Course Discussion

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  • The Holocaust - An Introduction

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Professor Havi Dreifuss, PhD
Instructors

Professor Havi Dreifuss, PhD

Dr Na'ama Bela Shik, PhD
Instructors

Dr Na'ama Bela Shik, PhD