HST 139 FASCISM AND PROPAGANDA
This course focuses on the theory and practice of propaganda during the 12 years of the Third Reich. It combines the study of the ideological roots of National Socialism, the radical and peculiarly German form of Fascism, with a close analysis of the techniques, organization, and effectiveness of the Nazi regime's propaganda. Challenging the idea of the total power of propaganda, it looks for the limits of persuasion and possible other reasons for which Germans might have decided to follow Hitler.
The course is divided into two main parts, which address (1) the historical developments in Nazi Germany until the outbreak of the War, 1933–1939; and (2) the Second World War and the destruction of European Jewry, 1939–1945.
Offered
Offered fall and spring.