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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
history
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Danny Orbach
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Danny Orbach
Course/Module description:
In this seminar, we shall discuss questions of collaboration and resistance in WWII and the Pacific War, using three test cases.
In Germany, we shall discuss the anti-Nazi underground in the army, and the motives of Holocaust perpetrators.
In Poland, we'll discuss cases of resistance fighters, rescuers of Jews and on the other hand, collaborators and willing murderers.
In Japanese-occupied China, we'll explore the tricky definitions and the blurry line between brigands, resistance fighters and collaborators.
Course/Module aims:
Our goal is to explore questions of resistance and collaboration: the motives of those who chose a radical way, for good or ill, their moral dilemmas and the blurry line between resistance and collaboration. During the course of the seminar, we will go over some of the major histriographical debates in the fields of Holocaust, WWII, resistance and collaboration studies.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To question the dichotomy between resistance and collaboration in wartime settings, and to obtain a deeper understanding of free will and constraints in extreme circumstances.
Attendance requirements(%):
90%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
frontal lectures and in-depth discussions
Course/Module Content:
Week 1: The New Order
Lecture: Hitler's Empire: Resistance and Collaboration in Occupied Europe
Week 2: Ordinary Men Discussion: The Debate of the Motives of Holocaust Perpetrators
Week 3: Operation Valkyrie
Lecture: The Anti-Nazi Underground in the German Army
Week 4: The German Resistance to Hitler: The Problem of Opposition from Within
Discussion: Military Resistance, Rescue of Jews and War crimes: The Case of Colonel Tresckow and Admiral Canaris
Week 5: Under the Nazi Boot
Lecture: Resistance and Collaboration in Occupied Poland
Week 6: The Home Army
Lecture: The Postponement Strategy and the Warsaw Uprising - Was it worth the price?
Week 7: Between Rescuers and Murderers: Lecture: Rescuing and Killing of Jews by Poles under Nazi Occupation
Week 8: Neighbors.
Discussion: Why Poles rescued or killed their Jewish neighbors?
Week 9: Flags over the Ghetto: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Discussion: The Debate on the Warsaw Ghetto Rebellion - who deserves the credit, and the terrible price of resistance
Week 10: Give me your children: Resistance and Collaboration of Jews in the Holocaust
Discussion: The debate on collaboration in the Lodz Ghetto
Week 11: Rising Sun and Dragon
Lecture: The Second Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese Occupation in China
Week 12: Brigands and Shields of the People
Lecture: Guerrilla fighters and Collaborators in China.
Week 13: Running Dogs
Discussion: Who exactly betrayed the Chinese Homeland?
Week 14: Concluding Discussion
Required Reading:
As written above in the Course/Moudle content
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 20 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 60 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 10 %
attendance
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