Evaluate the evidence supporting the “intentionalist” and “functionalist” interpretations of the Holocaust and develop your own argument on this topic.

 For your essay, review the materials from the first four weeks of class, and answer all of the following questions in ONE 3-4 page (750-1000 word) essay Your answers should draw on specific examples from the class materials in Modules 1-4. You do not need to conduct additional outside research for this essay. answer these questions: 1. What evidence from the readings and other assignments assigned so far best supports the intentionalist interpretation of the Holocaust? 2. What evidence from the readings and other assignments assigned so far best supports the functionalist interpretation of the Holocaust? 1. Do you agree more with the intentionalists or the functionalists? Do you see any ways in which these perspectives can be brought together to offer a more nuanced and complex view of the Holocaust? Explain your reasons for thinking as you do. Course resources: From the Ashes of Sobibor a story of survival by Thomas Toivi Blatt and Christopher R. Browning War and Genocide A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L. Bergen Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning