NEW 472/474 Exam Information

There will be three exams for the seminar. They are major scholarly essays and the specific exam expectations for my papers can be found at the Py 491 link under exams.  The exam questions for this seminar are:

Exam One: With a focus on Prejudice, identify and discuss the antecedents and basic constructs that help us understand the rise of Nazism and the beginning of the Continuum of Destruction. Take the timeline up to the invasion of Russia and include both Lebensraum and the Persecution as part of the story. Use and cite all appropriate sources.   

Exam Two: Beginning with the invasion of Russia and the activation of the Einsatzgruppen and the Wannsee Conference, and using the Continuum of Destruction and Boundary Crossing, describe the nature, process and means of the Final Solution to the Jewish Question. Again, use all appropriate soruces and take this question up to Liberation and the end of the War.   

Exam Three: Using the basic model of the Jones' book and the reflections of Primo Levi in his The Drowned and the Saved, and drawing upon all the class material, with a major emphasis on the last videos, discuss the ethical, legal and moral issues of responsibility, both individually and collectively.