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HIS 75Film and the Holocaust

5 creditsGE IMUndergraduateStudent Option

Examines a series of distinguished documentary and feature films about the destruction of European Jewry. Each film is placed in its historical context, and wherever possible, the readings include the original documents on which films were based. Emphasis is placed on the strategies the filmmakers used to address the problem of representing genocide without succumbing to mere melodrama.

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When it runs

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 7:10pm–8:45pm
J Baskin Engr 152B. A. ThompsonOpen 81/120

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Bruce Thompson4.7 / 52.4 / 588%162

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