The primary sources examined since the beginning of

The primary sources examined since the beginning of the semester include:
The primary sources examined since the midterm include: Edwin Landau and
Martha Appel memoir excerpts, Nuremburg Laws, Schnellbrief (Urgent
Memo), Warsaw Diary of Chaim Kaplan , Abba Kovner’s Testimony on
Wittenberg, Kovner’s call to arms, “Facing Death in the Bialystok Ghetto,”
Anna Heilman and Rose Meth memoir excerpts, Szmul Wasersztajn
testimony.
Section II. One Essay. 40 points.
This question will ask you to address, reflect on, and bring together some of
the key themes addressed in lecture, discussion section, and assigned
readings since the midterm. The themes include the evolution of Nazi policy
towards the Jews, Jewish responses to Nazi persecution, Nazi policy towards
a variety of targeted groups, different scholarly understandings of
perpetrator behavior, non-Germans who helped perpetrate crimes against
the Jews, Allied responses to the Holocaust, rescue efforts, and postwar
justice. Each essay should identify and address broad themes while
simultaneously discussing supporting material and evidence with as much
specificity as possible. You will have a choice of two questions, from which
you will be required to write on one.

Section III. Short Identifications. 4 points each, for a total for 20 points.
In a few sentences, identify the terms (think at a minimum, who, what, when,
where, and why) and explain their significance. Seven of the terms below
will appear on the exam, and you will be required to write on five .
Crimes against humanity
Einsatzgruppen
Adolf Eichmann
The banality of evil
Jedwabne
Commissar Order
Sinti and Roma
Operation T-4
Heinrich Himmler
Reinhard Heydrich
Judenrat
Nuremburg Trials
Wannsee Conference
Abba Kovner
Kristallnacht