FAITH AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
Class Presentation, Reflection paper schedule
Spring 2009

Tu 1/29 FAITH AND THE HOLOCAUST

Yehuda Bauer, "The Place of the Holocaust in Contemporary History" in Roth and Berenbaum Holocaust
1 page reflection paper on "Night and Fog" and this course due W 1/30 (on-line)

Tu 2/10 NAZI CULTURE - Nazi Germany

Film: "The Triumph of the Will" Bauer, ch. 5
Bauer, ch. 6 p. 133-137 RP:D Mosse: "Nazi Culture"
1st Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due M 2/9

Th 2/19 THE SS MIND, RESISTANCE

RP:E Himmler, Hoess
Resistance Bauer, ch. 11
Read also ch. 12
2nd Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due W 2/18

Th-Tu 2/26-3/3 LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST I: Appelfeld, Badenheim 1939

3rd Presentation (3/3):

1 page reflection paper due M 3/2

Th 3/5 LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST II: Borowski, This Way for the Gas
4th Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due W 3/4

Th 3/26 CHALLENGE OF THE HOLOCAUST TO JUDAISM I
Wiesel, Night; Eliach, Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust
5th Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due W 3/25

Tu 4/2 CHALLENGE OF THE HOLOCAUST TO JUDAISM II
Rubinstein-Wiesel, Exchange pp. 349-71
Greenberg in Holocaust pp. 305-49
6th Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due M 4/1

Tu 4/14 CHALLENGE OF THE HOLOCAUST TO CHRISTIANITY
Film: "Shadow on the Cross" RP:B Ruether
RP:F John Pawlikowski, "The Teaching of Contempt"
RP:G Alice and Roy Eckardt, "Long Night's Journey"
7th Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due M 4/13

Tu 4/21 RESCUERS AND ALTRUISM
RP:H "The Rescue of Denmark's Jews"
RP:J Nechama Tec, "Altruism During World War II"
RP:K Oliner and Oliner, "Rescuers of Jews"
8th Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due M 4/20

Tu 4/28 THE CHALLENGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WESTERN CULTURE

Rubenstein, The Cunning of History; Rittner and Roth, Different Voices: Women in the Holocaust (pp. TBA, on EReserve)
9th Presentation:
1 page reflection paper due M 4/27