History Term 2, Nature of His

Historical Interpretation

Depending on who wrote it, will determine how history is interpreted

Example of First historians

Herodotus
Thucydius

Historiography

Study of how history is created

What is an historical perspective

object of historical perspective is to sharpen one's. vision of the present, not the past.

NARRATIVE HISTORY

Chronology + use of sources

Social History

a field of historical inquiry that focuses on the lived experiences of ordinary people and the social structures and processes that shape their lives

Cultural History

studies the evolution and meaning of cultural practices, beliefs, and values within specific social contexts and historical periods

Biography

Study of person

‘Final Solution’

The term Final Solution to the Jewish Question was a euphemism used by Nazi Germany's leaders

Economic Sanctions

Germany and the European Union (EU), economic sanctions are restrictive measures, or "restrictive measures"

What were Nuremberg Laws?

Determining ‘How Jew’ someone was and restricted on who they could marry

What and When was the Heydrich Letter?

Nov 10 - 1938 — Planned Attack, outlining how and when to round up Jewish

When was the Mein Kamf released?

1925

Why was the Mein Kamf significant?

Accelerated anti-semitism by spreading Hitlers negative stereotypes and opinions on Jewish people and how they are subhuman.

What and When were Ghettos?

1939 — Seperating Jewish from Germans

How many Jewish died in Ghettos?

800,000

When were the concentration camps created?

1933

When and what was Einsatzgruppen?

June 1941 - Germany invades Russia to kill Jews

Who proposed the ‘Final Solution’?

Heydrich in 1941

What was the ‘Final Solution’?

To gather Jews and send them to concentration camps

Richard Evans

That Germans were doing holocausts before Jews, such as to tribes

Racial Hygiene Programs

1905 - Nazi eugenics and racial hygiene led to policies like mass sterilization and criminalizing marriage between Jews and non-Jews

Christopher Browning

Focused on Prosectures

Police Battalion

Gather public to round up Jews

David Irving

Claimed the Holocaust wasn’t real

Selectivity

Selecting certain sources

Omissions

What’s been left out

Emphasis

What is highlighted and what isn’t

Objectivitity

The belief in absolute truth

What are the challenges with constructing Mod His?

Abundence of Evidence
Political control

Incomplete Nature of evidence

Importance of constructing Mod His correctly

avoid ‘presentism’

historical empathy

reliablity

source analysis

what is ‘presentism’?

the view that only the present exists, with the past and future being nonexistent

When was the Pearl Harbour attack?

Dec 7th 1941

Why was Pearl Harbour Sig?

US entry into WW2

Ongoing impacts

US being a west leader

Describe the 2 attacks Japan did on Pearl Harbour

1 - Bombed US parked aircrafts

2 - 90 mins later, bombed 170+ planes

Ongoing Impact of Pearl Harbour

Oil leakage

Historical event

What is contestability?

Source evaluation to form different historical perspectives that are supported by evidence

How to identify contestable sources?

1- Two sources contradict

2- Different conclusions from same evidence

3- Alternative way of understanding

4- Mention an opposing author