Hello all,
I’m attempting to refine/write what I hope to make my writing sample for grad school applications. It’s a paper I wrote for an undergrad class I took over Nazi Germany. I’m writing on a theory that has been on my mind for a few years, The Failings of Holocaust Education in the United States. The initial paper was decent for undergrad work, but I do not believe that it’s anywhere near grad school level work, and so I want to improve it for when I apply. I’m currently a sophomore university student if that matters.

With that in mind, do you have any good sources (books, articles, documentaries, etc) that you would recommend I look at for my research? I have a few books of my own, and of course my university’s library system, but I freely admit that I’m not currently that good at sorting through the “trash Barnes & Noble history books” and actual scholarly history (my general assumption is to go with an author who has a PhD in history, but I don’t think that’s the best way to decide)

My current theory is that Holocaust education in America does not adequately touch on the history of antisemitism and instead universalizes (therefore mitigating) the suffering of it. So, any books etc that also focus on the history of antisemitism and holocaust education would be appreciated.

A few books that I own/am borrowing personally:
The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945 (Leni Yahil)
Night (Eli Wiesel)
Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account (Milkos Nyiszli)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William Shirer)
The Coming of the Third Reich (Richard J. Evans)
To Mend the World (Emil Fackenheim)
Man’s Search for Meaning (VIktor Frankl)
War & Genocide (Doris Bergen)

Thanks in advance!