Hitlers roll i läroböcker : – en textanalys av åtta läroböckers framställning av Hitlers roll i utvecklandet av nazism och Förintelsen utifrån ett aktörs -och strukturperspektiv

Sammanfattning: Abstract The purpose of the study is to investigate the role Hitler played in explanations for the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust. The starting point is textbooks in history for high school from the 1960s to 2014. The purpose is to contribute knowledge to what extent the actor's perspective on a mythical figure has been used to explain one of the most traumatic events of the 20th century. The purpose is also to investigate how the explanations have changed over time. The questions that answered the letter of intent were: What structural explanations are given to Nazism and the Holocaust?, What role is Hitler's person assigned to their development? and How have the explanations changed over time?. Textbooks for high school were natural as Nazism and Holocaust got a greater focus in the curricula for high school than the space provided in the curricula for the high school. For this study, a qualitative text analysis was used as it was appropriate for the material on which the study is based. The theoretical point of departure has been a structure and actor perspective. The textbook authors provide structural explanations for the emergence of Nazism and the Holocaust.  This can be categorized into economics, World War I, social dissatisfaction and anti- Semitism and nationalism in Germany and Europe. Hitler's person is assigned a significant role by the textbook authors as charismatic and ideological inspirers in the development. This as it is more difficult to see clear structural explanations in the textbooks when the textbooks are written.   Keywords: Hitler, läromedel, historieundervisning, Förintelsen och nazism