April 6, 2001

Course at Penn Explores Interrelationships of the Holocaust and the Law

There are courses on the history of the Holocaust and on the writings of its survivors. But "Law and the Holocaust" is the first course in the country, says the University of Pennsylvania's Law School, that looks at the Holocaust through the lens of the law.

"The aim is to examine the Nazi philosophy of law and how it was used to discriminate against, ostracize, dehumanize, and eventually get rid of a certain class of people," says Harry Reicher, the adjunct professor of law who is

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