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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #11661 in Books
- Published on: 2001-06-28
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
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Synopsis
This detailed and harrowing study of a single group of mostly middle-aged policemen from provincial Germany has achieved classic status among histories of the Holocaust. Far from being demonic and hate-filled sadists, most of the group had no history of anti-semitism or of far right politics. Browning explores the motivation of these men and the horribly familiar mechanisms of man-management and group solidarity that reduced a team of "ordinary men" into a bestial instrument of madness. It is a book that offers no comfort to those who seek to explain the Holocaust in terms of German exceptionalism, but it is a significant contribution to the history of World War II.
