Coming to Terms with the Holocaust, Part 5: Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust Course

Program Overview

This program delves into the experiences of Nazi perpetrators, bystanders, and Jewish victims through their own writings. It examines the motivations and actions of those involved in the Holocaust, as well as the impact on the Jewish community and the German village that expelled its Jewish residents. The course is recorded for student access and explores the rise and fall of Vilnius, Lithuania, a once-thriving Jewish center.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Explores the experiences and consciences of Nazi perpetrators, bystanders, and Jews condemned to the ghettos and the death camps through their own words.
• Examines letters and diaries of men who served on the front lines of the murder units.
• Analyzes a representative German village which drove out its Jewish residents and residents' recollections of their home.