Frank Porter Graham Professor

511 Hamilton Hall
CB# 3195
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
cbrownin@email.unc.edu

M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Christopher Browning’s research focuses on the Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. He has written extensively about three issues: first, Nazi decision- and policy-making in regard to the origins of the Final Solution; second, the behavior and motives of various middle- and lower-echelon personnel involved in implementing Nazi Jewish policy; and thirdly, the use of survivor testimony to explore Jewish responses and survival strategies.

Some Notable Publications

• Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave Labor Camp (W.W. Norton & Co., 2010)
• The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939–March 1942 (University of Nebraska Press, 2004)
• Nazi Policy, Jewish Workers, German Killers (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
• Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (HarperCollins, 1992)
• The Final Solution and the German Foreign Office (Holmes & Meier, 1978)

Graduate Students Advised by Christopher Browning

• Laura Brade
• George Gerolimatos
• Mark Hornburg
• Richards Plavnieks
• Patrick Tobin

Courses Offered (as schedules allow)

For current course listings, consult the Registrar’s Schedule of Classes.

• HIST 262—History of the Holocaust
• HIST 290—Seminar: Debates over National Socialism
• HIST 490—Seminar: Holocaust and Genocide
• HIST 774—Seminar: Readings in Modern European History 1919–1945
• HIST 890—Topics Seminar: National Socialism in Comparative Perspective: Fascism and Genocide
• HIST 924—Writing Seminar in Modern European History