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090101 VO The Holocaust in Greece: survivors, historians and historiography (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 06.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 07.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Thursday 20.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 21.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Saturday 05.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Thursday 17.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 18.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Thursday 01.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 02.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Thursday 12.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 13.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Thursday 26.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1

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Aims, contents and method of the course

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Jews across Europe began to collect wartime records in order to document the set of events that we now call the Holocaust. The Jews of Greece were no exception to this general pattern. Greek survivors such as Albert Menasche and Isaac Matarasso, amongst others, wrote a number of accounts of the destruction of their communities, thereby creating a pioneering corpus of holocaust literature concerning Greece. Succeeding generations of scholars, historians, journalists and writers built upon this early literature and continue to develop it. This course will focus on this corpus and aims to introduce and familiarise students with its representative works. It will examine the content, arguments, scholarly approaches and critical reception of these works as well as situate them within the broader academic field of Holocaust Studies.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written Examination (100%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course will be conducted in English. Knowledge of Modern Greek is not obligatory.

Examination topics

Reading list

Michael Molho, In Memoriam, gewidmet dem Andenken an die jüdischen Opfer der Naziherrschaft in Griechenland, Essen 1981
David Bankier, Dan Michman (eds), Holocaust Historiography in Context, Jerusalem 2008
Issac Matarasso, Talking until Nightfall Remembering Jewish Salonica 1941-1944, London 2020
Albert Menasche, Birkenau (Auschwitz II) New York 1947

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