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May 04, 2024
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HIST 3683 - Germany between East and West since 1945
This course situates Germany in European history, and focuses on the political, social, and cultural history of Germany since 1945. After a brief overview of the Nazi regime, World War II, and the Holocaust, the course explores the Allied occupation of Germany, denazification, the Cold War division into West and East Germany, and each state’s political, social, and diplomatic development. Themes explored include ideological developments, gender relations, generational change, labor migration, and the public memory of the Nazi past. West and East Germany are also explored within the context of the Western and Soviet Blocs in the Cold War. The course concludes with the revolutions of 1989, German reunification, and political and social developments from 1990 to the present
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to analyze the complexities and apparent contradictions in modern German history and their relationship to the present.
- Students will be able to describe major events and discuss the role of major individuals associated with the history of Germany since 1945.
- Students will be able to outline significant points of contact between the history of divided and reunified Germany and the history of the Cold War in Europe and globally.
- Students will be able to identify and analyze social, political, and cultural factors that have shaped postwar Germany and Europe.
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