Examine the Nazi German attempt to create a ‘racially pure’ society. Begin with histories of racism and consider how societies determined who fit the racial, social, and gendered mould of the perfect ‘Aryan’ and who (Jews, Romani, Black Germans, queer folk, and disabled peoples) did not. Analyse sources to see both how genocide unfolded across Europe, and the motivations of perpetrators, the experiences of victims, and the responses of bystanders. Examine war crimes trials, commemoration, and definitions of genocide after 1945.