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2012 Summer
* GLS 307 (HA)   na, npdf

Polish Jews in the 20th Century: Before, during, and after the Holocaust

Jan T. Gross

ENROLLMENT BY APPLICATION OR INTERVIEW. DEPARTMENTAL PERMISSION REQUIRED.

This course explores the variety and richness of Jewish social, political, and community life in Poland in the context of the calamity that befell Polish Jews in World War II. The seminar includes multi-day study trips to Warsaw, small towns known as Jewish Galicia, and the Auschwitz concentration camp. It coincides with the Kazimierz-based International Festival of Jewish Culture, and festival offerings will be incorporated into the curriculum. Classes are supplemented by lectures and workshops with Polish scholars, artists, and journalists. The seminar includes a community service component and daily Polish language instruction.

Sample reading list:
Polonsky, Antony (ed.), Focusing on Jewish Religious Life, 1500-1900
Akavia, Miriam, My Own Vineyard: a Jewish Family in Krakow Between the Wars
Engel, David, The Holocaust: the Third Reich and the Jews
Levi, Primo, Survival in Auschwitz
Shandler, Jeffrey (ed.), Awakening Lives: Autobiographies of Jewish Youth in Poland
Krall, Hanna, Shielding a Flame
See instructor for complete list

Reading/Writing assignments:
100-150 pages per week of readings will be assigned. Students will be required to keep a journal throughout the seminar, which will be submitted in lieu of a paper at the conclusion of the course. The journal will comprise 30% of the final course grade. Polish language competence will comprise 20% of the course grade.

Requirements/Grading:
Final Exam - 50%
Programming Assignments - 20%
Other (See Instructor) - 30%

Other Requirements:
Not Open to Seniors.

Schedule/Classroom assignment:

Class numberSectionTimeDaysRoomEnrollmentStatus
10034 S01 TBA        Enrolled:15 Limit:15 Closed