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Holocaust Reflection Paper

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Prior to the beginning of this class I had taken a university level course, at the University of British Columbia, on the History of the Holocaust (HIST 441). With this background in Holocaust history I expected for this course to validate what I already knew about Holocaust history and to, potentially, provide further insight into how the Holocaust is represented both historically and in modernity. What I did not expect is to finish this course with not only more knowledge, but with more questions; as Professor Bozena Karwowska says in her “Concluding Thoughts” video, “learning about the Holocaust is a lifetime task” (0.57-1:00), a sentiment that I wholly agree with.
Throughout the duration of this course I have had the opportunity to re-read many of the texts that I had previously read in the History of the Holocaust course, as well as many new texts. What I have learned within the modules of this course has allowed me to better approach, interpret, and …show more content…

For this reason, I believe that the reflections that we were expected to write in this course helped me to learn the most. Whilst some of my reflections could have been more in-depth and refined, I greatly appreciated the opportunity to engage with the material and to reflect. In turn the feedback that the reflections received, significantly broadened my understandings, as I was able to re-evaluate my work and the sources, in a way I may not have thought of on my own. If I were given the opportunity to refine my approach to additional reflections, I would work to engage more with underlying themes and in turn, utilize the reflections as an opportunity to find and connect the common threads amongst multiple

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