Syllabus/Structure
1. (4 October) Organisation and Introduction
2. (11 October) Genocide and World Domination. The Secret Hitler Speech of 22 August 1939
3. (18 October) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion around 1900 Presentation:
4. (25 October) The Stab in the Back Thesis after 1918 (I) Presentation:
5. (1 November) The Stab in the Back Thesis after 1918 (II) Presentation:
6. (8 November) The Burning of the Reichstag 1933 (I) Presentation:
7. (15 November) The Burning of the Reichstag 1933 (II) Presentation:
8. (22 November) Why did Rudolf Hess fly to Britain in 1941? Presentation:
9. (29 November) Did Hitler escape the bunker 1945? (I) Presentation:
10. (6 December) Did Hitler escape the bunker 1945? (II) Presentation:
11. (13 December) Final Discussion
12. (20 December) Topics for Essays
Seminar The History of National Socialism: Conspiracy Theories and the Fascist Mind 1900-2023
Email: Norman.Domeier@ff.cuni.cz
Time Wednesday, 10:50-12:25
Location Room V 407 (Vorsilská street No. 1, postal adresse Vorsilská 144/1)
Starting 4 October 2022
Moodle Tba
In this seminar we are going to tackle the question of how some key events of National Socialism and some key concepts of global Antisemitism have been discussed since 1945 until today. All of them are now, at least in public discourse and public history, heavily entwined with conspiracy theories. Why is this so? And what is the meaning of these conspiracy theories for today’s notion of the history of National Socialism? Are these conspiracy theories still being used to legitimate political, cultural or racial aims in the 21th century? Through this topic, this seminar will deal with the general question “What can we actually learn from history?”.