Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: WOMEN AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM ***** Through a variety of readings (fiction and non-fiction), film viewings (documentaries and feature films), and classroom discussions, this course will introduce participants to the Nazi idea of "womanhood" and the actual roles women played during National Socialism. The spectrum ranges from various kinds of female perpetrators (e.g., convinced party members, brutal concentration camp Kapos) to Mitlaufer (fellow-travelers of the Nazi ideology), to a multiplicity of victims (due to their race, their sexual orientation, or their political or religious views), and to resistance fighters. Taught in English. For students of German (at the minimal proficiency level intermediate-mid), and additional German reading/discussion hour for credit can be arranged. ***** Also offered as WGST 317. *****