Holocaust Studies papers

This paper discusses the extent of Allied knowledge of the Holocaust during the Second World War.

A review of Marion Kaplan's book "Between Dignity and Despair", describing the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany.

A look at the beginnings of the Holocaust and the suffering of those persecuted by the Germans.

A literary review of Eli Wiesel's "Night".

An explanation of the Nazi euthaniasia policies.

Background on how Hitler came to power.

The memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto survivor from the Holocaust.

A discussion of Anne's search for knowledge in "The Diary of Anne Frank".

A philosophical discussion of whether Adolf Eichmann can be held responsible for his crimes.

An examination of P.M.H. Bell's "The Origins of the Second World War in Europe" on the personal choices of Adolf Hitler.

This paper discusses the media coverage of the Nazi Holocaust and of the oppression of American Blacks.

Discusses the rascist origins of fascism and how it became a political tool of people who used scapegoats to express feelings of rage.

Research paper which analyzes the collection of essays in "The Politics of Retribution In Europe: World War II and Its Aftermath".

This paper examines the Holocaust and its history.

This paper is a book review of Hallie's "Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed" which looks at genocide and the moral dilemmas surrounding it.

Explores the similarities and differences experienced by the civilian German and British populations during and after WWII.

Traces the history of the European Jewish population from 1900 to 1950, and the origins and rise of Anti-Semitism during that period.

Compares the enormity and suffering of the Jewish Holocaust under the Nazis to that of slavery in the United States.

Explores the human causes, symptoms, and reactions to extreme stress.

Explores the techniques used by Primo Levi to write "Survival in Auschwitz".

Review of the holocaust survival story "The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival" published posthumously by the author's daughter.

A collection of some of the most famous thinkers regarding the origins of Nazism in Germany.

Discussion of the importance of continued awareness of the Holocaust.

Discussion of the importance of continued awareness of the Holocaust.

Examines several post-WWII Italian forms to show how the Holocaust was presented in these works.

Reviews this autobiographical novel on the Holocaust by survivor, Elie Wiesel.

Analyzes Christopher R. Browning's history of the German Police Battalion in Nazi Germany, comparing it to Daniel Goldhagen's "Hitler's Willing Executioners".

A Freudian analysis of the events in Elie Wiesel's "Night" as well as the Holocaust as a whole.

Discusses Art Spiegelman's portrayal of the Holocaust through comic panels.

A review of the novel "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron.

A review of Wladyslaw Szpilman's novel "The Pianist".

This paper discusses the character Sol Nazerman in Edward Lewis Wallant's "The Pawnbroker".

An examination of the ethical ramifications of the Holocaust on the survivors and future generations.

Discusses Lucy S. Dawidowicz's book, "The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945".

An account of the events leading up to World War II.

Discusses loss of selfhood in Elie Wiesel's novel on the holocaust.

Introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of anti-Semitism by the Nazi party.

A review of the book "Thanks to my Mother" by Schoschana Rabinovici.

A description of the event that took place during World War II, known as "The Great Escape."

A review of the book "Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" by Alan Bullock.

This paper reviews "Maus" by Art Spiegelman which is a story of the Holocaust told in comic book style format with mice as its characters.

A discussion of the way in which the Holocaust has transformed the concept of Jewish identity.

A review of the non-fiction work "Beyond Hitler's Grasp" by Michael Bar-Zohar.

A detailed historiographical analysis of the theories of intentionalism and functionalism as they relate to the Final Solution and the Holocaust.

An exploration of supersessionism at it relates to the Jews during the Holocaust.

Examines Jewish history with an emphasis on the Holocaust and the Haskalah, the Jewish enlightenment.

An examination of the U.S. response to Hitler's treatment of European Jewry.

This paper looks at the work and contribution to Hitler's campaign, of Leni Riefenstahl, German actress and filmmaker who directed "The Triumph of the Will" in 1934.

A review of the comic book "Maus" by Art Spielegman with an emphasis on how it discusses the Holocaust, through this non-academic form.

This paper reviews Elie Wiesel's "Night" in which he recounts his experience in the concentration camps of World War II.

Analysis of the themes and symbols in Elie Wiesel's novel, "Night".

The December 1943 Luftwaffe attack on Bari, Italy.

Examines Zionism during the period of 1942-1945.

An analysis of Elie Wiesel's 1958 autobiographical account of his life during the Holocaust.

A review of the concepts in the book on the dangers of supersessionism for Jews.

Discusses scope of Nazi genocide.

A discussion of how Nazism achieved its political success by gaining, then maintaining, the trust and cooperation of the German people.

This paper discusses the religious views of Christianity, Islam and Buddhism on the Holocaust.

An examination of ways in which the Holocaust and the Second World War affected America - directly and indirectly.

A paper which examines why the theory of fascism became a political reality in Germany in the 1930s.

A look at the differences and similarities in two works on the Holocaust -Elie Wiesel's "Night" and Art Spiegelman's "Maus".

Examines the participation by the average German and the government, Nazi propaganda, antisemitism, non-Jewish deaths, the role of Police, peer pressure, psychology of and religious issues.

Critical review of account of causes & effects of massacres of half a million Tutsis by Hutus. Examines the international reaction as compared to other genocides.

Historical overview of anti-Semitism from Middle Ages to end of WWII, focusing on Germany & U.S. from 1900 to end of WWII. Assimilation, immigration, ghettoization, politics, religion and law.

Background, sociopolitical conditions & moral & legal argument against putting Japanese in camps in U.S. as threat to security.

Military rationale. Issues of discrimination, civil liberties. Presidential proclamations & Supreme Court rulings.

Analysis of systematic murder of European Jews. "Intentionist" and "functionalist" explanations. Role of Nazi Party propaganda, European anti-Semitism.

Discusses internment in context of U.S. history of prejudice & discrimination.

Discusses role & support industries gave to Nazi war machine; final solution; slave labor; Auschwitz; accountability.

Experience of Italian chemist in death camp. His search for truth, freedom & self-knowledge. Survival. Brief overview of Naziism.

Examines triumph of human freedom over oppression & degradation of concentration camps.

This paper discusses the Holocaust as unimaginable horrors of this era.

An analysis of the acceptability of the comedic theme in the movie "Life is Beautiful", which deals with the Holocaust.

This paper analyzes the differences between how men and women experienced the Holocaust.

This paper discusses the Nazis regime's rise to power and its political activities.

This paper examines the assumption that only monsters could have committed the mass murders of the Holocaust.

Discussion of the Holocaust centering on Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem" examining both age old anti-Semitism in Germany and the banality or ordinariness of Hitler's bureaucratized system of annihilation.

This paper discusses several instances of how the Holocaust has been viewed through the different types of media.