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The background and development of the systematic extermination of European Jewry by the Nazis. Particular attention is given to anti-Semitism in both its religious and secular forms, to the relationship between the mass murder of genocide and the growth of bureaucracy and technology, and to the challenges posed by the Holocaust for religious and humanistic beliefs and values. The Holocaust provides an excellent case-study of how a democracy can elect a dictator to power, and how a society based on egalitarian principles can roll back equality and carry out mass murder. Attention will also be given to the role the "Christian" world played as cooperators, silent bystanders, or courageous resisters (the "righteous gentiles"); and to the contrast between desire for a culturally uniform society and respect for diversity, minorities, and the "other."
For more information, contact:
Rev. David W. Smith
University of St. Thomas
Mail 4137
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5325
Last modification date 07/05/2001.
http://www.stthomas.edu/justpeace/450.html
