HIEU 3312

Europe at War, 1939-45: Occupation, Genocide, Resistance

Course Description

Disciplines

Historical Perspectives

This course examines the range of human experience in Europe during the Second World War. Why did Nazi Germany invade and attempt to colonize large parts of Europe? What were the methods of Nazi rule? How did European peoples respond to the Nazi project, whether through forms of resistance or collaboration? Who were the principal victims of the war--and why is this question so difficult to address even today?