Examines why and how the Nazi government undertook to murder European Jews, and also the educated elite of Poland, Soviet POWs, Roma and Sinti, and the mentally handicapped. We examine the roles played by Hitler and close associates, contemporary responses to the murders, and the postwar historiography of the subject.

Antirequisite(s): History 3416F/G, the former History 3427E.

Extra Information: 3 hours. Cross-listed with History 3416F/G.