Day: Wednesdays
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: HSSB 2201
Enrollment Code: 25395
Description:
Who was Hitler and why do we see him the way that we do? Was he a
madman, a genius? Can we picture him as a “normal” person? Was he part
Jewish? Homosexual? And in any case, does any of this matter? We will
investigate these questions and look back in films and texts to see how
Hitler has been portrayed since the mid-1920’s. For more information, see
Professor Marcuse’s INT 94IL course website at:
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/int94
Professor Harold Marcuse, History, area of research focuses on twentieth-century Germany, in particular the role that crucial events played in shaping German culture. He calls his approach “reception history”----how historical events are received and imagined by people as time goes by. Professor Marcuse has written about the history of Holocaust memorials and about the history of former Nazi concentration camps.
Email: marcuse@history.ucsb.edu
