Germany in WWII Lessons and Resources

Stone relief sculpture of marching soldiers in uniform with rifles, carved into a large textured wall.
Stone relief sculpture of marching soldiers in uniform with rifles. Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/monument-stone-national-1615344/

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A large concrete World War II coastal bunker with an artillery gun faces an open landscape under cloudy skies.
A large concrete World War II coastal bunker. Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/batterie-de-longues-d-day-normandy-2367126/

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The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry

The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry is an adaptation of an on-campus course that has been co-taught by Murray Baumgarten, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Literature Department), and Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus (History Department), for over 20 years at UC Santa Cruz. In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels.

 

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