HIST 418

Students from Prof. Bowman's HIST 418 seminar on Nazism will be approaching the reference desk over the next couple of days. Prof. Bowman would like his students (11 enrolled in the course) to work with a librarian over the course of the semester, so I mentioned that they are able to submit a reference consultation request.

For their seminar paper, he is asking that students work with government documents, newspapers, and other primary source materials. He noted students may need to use Special Collections and WorldCat.

Here is the course description:
Senior research seminar on Nazism which is a shorthand term for National Socialism. National Socialism, the German variety of Fascism, dominated that country from 1933 to 1945. Students in the seminar will consider the origins, development, and effects of Nazism. In particular, students will examine the Nazi seizure of power, Nazi domestic and foreign policy, the Second World War, and the Holocaust. In addition students will look at major figures such as Hitler, Himmler and Heydrich, but will also read and discuss broader social and cultural issues. These issues will involve a look at life inside the Third Reich and how Nazism affected women, minorities and the young.