Dr. Browning delivered a speech entitled, “Hitler and the Path to Genocide,” during which he discussed the origins of the Final Solution and Hitler’s role in it. This lecture is recorded on a DVD.
Various articles, chapters, and publications in German and English about Holocaust studies. Some articles are written by Browning and others are about Browning.
Includes articles, correspondence, and pamphlets about Holocaust Studies in various publications including Kappan, and The New York Review.
Audio recordings from a seminar on the topic “Future Direction in Holocaust Studies” organized by Dr. Browning and Dr. Robert Erickesn in the summer of 2005 in Gig Harbor, Washington. This conference was funded in part by Zev Weiss and the Holocaust Education Foundation. Each tape is of different discussion panel sessions. In this session, discussion centered on the issue of the historic debate on issues with Germany (i.e. perpetration, Final Solution, etc.) with specific focus on the trajectory of future historic classification regarding different relevant questions centered on pedagogy. The scholars leading this session were Peter Longerich and Christopher Browning.
Continuation of the discussion on Germany in the Holocaust from Tape 1.
Discussion in this session centered on Eastern European issues relating to documentation, testimony, and local issues in the Holocaust and the contemporary historic research and historiography in these areas. This session was led by Yehuda Bauer and Omar Bartov.
Continuation of the discussion on Eastern Europe and historiography from Tape 2.
This panel was led by Claudia Koonz and Doris Bergen about “Context and Perspectives” that focused on defining the field of Holocaust studies and pedagogy, perspectives on people (victims, bystanders, etc.) in the Holocaust, and the issues of daily life (health, education, and identity) with the influence of institutions and power during the Holocaust.
Continuation of the discussion on “Context and Perspectives” from Tape 3.
Discussion in this session centered on issues in the post-world period (1945). This includes touching on universities and churches with the emphasis of ethics and morality in the post-war period, the Vatican, and the question and impact of restitution. This panel and discussion was led by Michael Marrus, Peter Hayes, and Robert Ericksen.