PVP 3 - The History of National Socialism: The Third Reich at War 1939-1945 - AHS788308

• Title: PVP 3 - The History of National Socialism: The Third Reich at War 1939-1945
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic and Social History (21-UHSD)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 25 / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Dr. PD Norman Domeier
• Teacher(s): Dr. PD Norman Domeier
• Class: A – Mezioborová nabídka VP: Historické vědy; Exchange - 08.3 History

Annotation

Summer Term 25 PD Dr. Norman Domeier

Seminar The History of National Socialism: The Third Reich at War (1939-45)

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Time Thursday, 15:50-17:25

Location C 335 (Celetna)

Starting 20 February 2025

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In this seminar we are going to tackle the question how the Nazis managed to wage war in 1939 and dominate broad parts of Europe and Northern Africa by 1941/42. How these military triumphs were possible was, as we will see, intertwined with both the ideological war aim of Adolf Hitler and how this racial war of destruction and conquest was actually led by the Germans: ruthlessly, without pity and with the vision of genocide and world domination in mind.

Last update: Štolleová Barbora, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)

Course completion requirements

Credit Points: 3-6

 

Accomplishments: Regular and active participation; presentation (5-10 minutes);

         essay (5 pages in English)

Last update: Štolleová Barbora, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)

Literature

Literatur        

- Richard J. Evans, The Third Reich at War, London 2008.

- Ian Kershaw, Hitler, London 1999.

- Thomas Weber, Becoming Hitler. The Making of a Nazi, New York 2017.

- Brendan Simms, Hitler. Only the World Was Enough, London 2019.

Last update: Štolleová Barbora, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)

Syllabus

Syllabus/Structure

 

1. Organisation and Introduction

 

2. The War Aim: Genocide and Word Domination. The Hitler Speech of 22 August 1939

 

3. Lightening Victories

 

4. A New Racial Order  

 

5. A Dreadful Rabble

 

6. Life Unworthy of Life

 

7. Operation Barbarossa

 

8. Launching Genocide

 

9. Total War? 

 

10. Fear and Guilt

 

11. Final Discussion

 

12. Topics for Essays

Last update: Štolleová Barbora, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.02.2025)