HIS338H5- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 67 pages long!)

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Many debates are ongoing, one of them is the uniqueness of the holocaust: competing opinions about everything, including its role in history and in the classroom. Compare holocaust with other genocides to try to figure out why. No online sources, only peer reviewed articles. Why did people vote for people- he promised their needs would be met and swallowed or turned a blind eye to the other stuff. Genocide massacres mostly happened in eastern europe poland etc. Important ideas to consider: various approaches to take when teaching course. It is not equated with anti judaism, but that is not the whole truth, takes on more ethic and racial components. Or the initial decision to kill european jews. When you think about holocaust, think about the context in which it takes place which is a. Jews seen as other to understand this, need to compare the two religions. Use of old testaments and new testament jesus as messiah.