Module overview
Linked modules
HIST3060
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the variety of experiences of occupation, collaboration and resistance in occupied Europe during the the Second World War
- The experiences of other victim groups
- the end phase of the Holocaust and the liberation, the aftermaths and the memory of the Holocaust since 1945
- Jewish experiences of, and responses to, the Holocaust
- the unfolding of the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime during the Second World War
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse a wide range of primary sources (including images), with regard to their specific context, and comment succinctly on their significance
- develop a coherently-written argument based on an engagement with primary sources and secondary texts.
- identify and engage with the most important historiographical texts on the subject.
- reflect on the wide-ranging impact of the Holocaust, in particular in regard to memory.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- work both individually and within the context of a small group.
- demonstrate critical time management skills by handling several tasks competently at the same time.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 76 |
Completion of assessment task | 100 |
Follow-up work | 76 |
Seminar | 48 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Daniel J. Goldhagen (1995). Hitler’s Willing Executioners. Knopf.
Omer Bartov (ed.) (2000). The Holocaust. Routledge.
Ulrich Herbert (ed.) (2000). National Socialist extermination policy. Berghahn.
Philip Burrin (1994). Hitler and the Jews. Arnold.
David Cesarani, (ed.) (1994). The Final Solution. Routledge.
Neil Gregor (2000). Nazism. Oxford.
Saul Friedländer (1998). Nazi Germany and the Jews. Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
Jeremy Noakes and Pridham, G (2000). Nazism 1919-1945, vols 1+3. Exeter.
Ian Kershaw (2001). Hitler, Vol. 1 and 2. Penguin.
Jeremy Noakes and Pridham, G (2000). Nazism 1919-1945, vols 2+4. Exeter.
Götz Aly (1998). The Final Solution. Arnold.
Mark Roseman (2001). The Villa, the Lake, the Meeting. Penguin.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Written assignment | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Written assignment | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External