Assignment:
•How did the Nazis implement the Holocaust? What steps did they take, and how did their policies evolve over time? To what extent do you think Dawidowicz is right that the Nazis had a master plan for the Holocaust already before they seized power?
•To what extent do you agree with the functionalists that the Holocaust was an improvised response to changing events? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each of these interpretations?
•What motivated the persecution of the non-Jewish victims of Nazism? Why did "ordinary Germans" go along with these actions?
•How was the persecution of non-Jewish victims similar to and different from the treatment of the Jews?