Syllabi on Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust
1. Full courses syllabi:
Course name
Teacher
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Target audience
Length of course
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Medical (MAL) Practices Under the Nazi Regime
Sari J. Siegel, PhD
Ceder Sinai Hospital, Los Angles, USA
Hospital affiliates in training and post training as well as the general public
6 weeks - 6 sessions of 90 minutes
Lectures and readings
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Open to the general public
Anatomy and Ethical Transgressions in National Socialist (Nazi) Germany
Sabine Hildebrandt, MD
Harvard University, Boston, USA
Freshman medical students
14 weeks - 4 credit points
Lectures and readings
Weekly readings, final essay projects and presentations
Optional reading included youtube links of films and interviews
Medical Ethics After the Holocaust
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Ohio, USA
4th year medical students
150 hours content, 4 AC credits
10 in person classes with 3 hours prereading
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The Holocaust And Medical Ethics
Dr. David Brenner
University of Houston, USA
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3 credits
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Weekly quizzes 30% Moderating class discussion 10% Class participation 15% MIDTERM EXAM 10% TERM PAPER (“research paper” in stages) 35%
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The Holocaust: Lessons For Medicine
Prof. Dr. Esteban González López, Prof. Rosa Ríos Cortés
Department of Medicine. Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain
Elective course, open to students in any year of studies
3 credit points
Lectures
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Medicine And Nursing In The Holocaust And Onwards
Prof. Shmuel Reis
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Elective course for Medical students and Nursing students
2 credits, 13 weeks
Virtual
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Memory and Representation in Holocaust Cinema
Dr. Barbara Hales
University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA
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15 weeks
Reading and film watching at home in preparation for class discussion
One in-class presentation, weekly reader response papers, 20-25 page original term paper on a theme which evolves from class material
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Healing by Killing: Medical Ethics after the Holocaust
Sheldon Rubenfeld, M.D
Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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30 meetings
Bi-weekly lectures
1 short paper on medicine during the Third Reich, 1 short paper on American eugenics and 1 final paper on medical ethics after the Holocaust
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Teaching the Holocaust in Nursing and Medical Education in Australia
Linda Shields, Peter Hartin, Kirril Shields, Susan Benedict
Australia
Australian nursing/midwifery >> Medical schools
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Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust
Miriam Offer, PhD
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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13 weeks
Lectures
End of course examination
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Medicine and the Holocaust
Tessa Chelouche, MD
Omer Goldstein, MD
Technion University Medical School, Haifa, Israel
2nd -3rd year students, Elective course
12-13 lessons, 2 hours each
Guest lecturers, Film and videoed material
8-10- page paper on a subject of choice, which may include the interview of a Holocaust survivor
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Bioethics and the Holocaust
Stacy Gallen, PhD
MIMEH & New York Medical College
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14 weeks
Virtual Zoom meetings
Reflection Assignments (2 per week)
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Reflections on Medicine in the Holocaust רפואה בָּבוּאַת השואה
Matthew Fox, MD
Shani Levany, BSc
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Second Year Medical school students
13 weeks, 2-hours lecture each week
Lectures and class assignments + reflective writing
Participation, Reflective writing
Formally an elective, as of 2021 a required course
Genetic Engineering: Miracle for Humanity or New Pathway to Eugenics?
Mannie Liscum, Michael Garcia
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri
Honor students
One semester,
3 credit points
Hybrid course, In-Person, Asynchronous, Online
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An Introduction to the History of Medicine for Students of Medicine
Edward C. Halperin
Touro College
All first year Medical Students
1 Semester
A series of 4 lectures within the History of Medicine course
Term paper either interviewing a Holocaust survivor or biographical essay about a famous person in the history of medicine
The most extensive required and elective Holocaust education program of any medical college in the United States
Ethical and Scientific Legacy
of the Nazi Medical Crimes
Torben Jorgensen
DIS - Study Abroad in
Scandinavia
Ethics, History and Public Health students
1 Semester,
24 classes
Lectures
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NAZISM AND THE HOLOCAUST
Wildenthal, Lora J.
Rice University Department of History
15 undergraduate
students
1 Semester,
3 credit points
Online seminars
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Immoral Medicine
Jonthan Krane
Emory University
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1 Semester,
26 hours
Lectures
Reflective writing+ IRB proposal
Observing IRB meetings as a Field trip
Holocaust and genocide
Zvika Orr,
Anat Romem
Department of Nursing, Jerusalem College of Technology
Mandatory for all Masters Degree nursing students at the integrated MSN + NP program
1 Semester
Lectures, group discussions,
film analysis, survivor testimony, interactive peer learning, student presentation
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Ethics, Medicine & the Holocaust: Legacies in Health & Society
Daniel S. Goldberg
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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1 Semester
Lectures
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Social media usage
Medicine during the Nazi period and the Holocaust (MNH)
Volker Roelcke
Giessen University Medical School
Medical Students
Lecture series spaning 4 years in semesters 1, 5 and 8
Lectures, group discussions,
film analysis
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Science, Medicine, and the Holocaust
Prof. Daniel Bitran
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA
15 undergraduate students
1 Semester
Lectures, presentations, reading assignments, home-exams
Reactions to readings, participation, attendance, poster presentation, oral presentation, home-exams
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2. Single seminars or classes, either annual or one time events:
Course name
Teacher
Location
Target audience
Length of course
Format
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Educating Internal Medicine Residents on the Role of Physicians
during the Holocaust
Aleena Paul, MD, MBA, MSEd
Lauren Block, MD, MPH
Northwell Health
Internal Medicine Residency program
NY, USA
Internal Medicine residents
One session as part of the time embedded into ambulatory educational half-days during the year
watching AAMC recorded webinar “Legacy of MNH & Contemporary Relevance" followed by reflections in writing
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The Legacy of the Role of Medicine and Nursing in the Holocaust for
Resilient Professional Identity Formation
Hedy S. Wald Julie A. Kruse
Nursing School Okland University Rochester
Nursing students
2 hours invited seminar
One Hour seminar + 45 Min Colloquium
Reflective writing
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Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust & Contemporary Relevance
Hedy S. Wald, PhD, and Sabine Hildebrandt, MD
Online AAMC Virtual Seminar
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2 hours
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Introduction to Medicine and the Holocaust for Pediatricians
Shani Levany, BMedSci
Saban Hospital for Children, Beer-Sheva, Israel
All medical personals - senior physicians, residents, interns, medical students
45 minutes
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3. Seminar-Tours:
Course name
Teacher
Location
Target audience
Length of course
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Assesment
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Cultivating Medical Awareness and Ethics Using the Example of Medicine in National Socialism
Various
Witten-Herdecke Faculty of Medicine, Germany
Mostly medical students, to date, psychology and
business studies students have also participated
Mult year curriculum with varying length of field trips as well as 7-10 sessions of 1.5 – 3.5h or
content-related small-group and preparatory work pre and post field trips
Seminar trips to memorials and extermination sites in Germany
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Witnesses in White
Matt Fox MD, Rael Strous MD
Israel, Poland, Germany
IMA physician members
5 day traveling seminar with 2-3 hour pre and post tour meetings
Seminar trips to memorials and extermination sites in Germany and Poland
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IDF Witness in Uniform Medical Corps seminar Tours to Poland
Anthony S Oberman MD, Tal Brosh-Nissimov MD , Nachman Ash MD
Poland
IDF medical corps officers (MD, RN, and Axillary staff)
5 day traveling seminar with 2-3 hour pre and post tour meetings
Seminar trips to memorials and extermination sites in Poland
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Holocaust and Medicine Program
Study Trip to Auschwitz
Jason Adam Wasserman, PhD, HEC-C, Hedy S. Wald, PhD
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Competative application to the 20 donor funded student spots in the seminar by 2nd year medical students who recieve
Pre-trip curriculum, a 7-day trip to Krakow and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, and a post-tour workshop on site
Seminar tour
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