Ordinary MenThe shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews. |
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User Review - deusvitae - LibraryThingHoo boy. Trigger warning: all the violence and Holocaust triggers. An exploration of the exploits of Reserve Police Battalion 101 in Poland as it relates to "Jewish actions" with a view toward the ... Read full review
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User Review - rivkat - LibraryThingBrowning’s subjects were extensively interviewed after WWII, creating more extensive records than exist for other German groups. These men were largely not career go-getters, though they varied in ... Read full review
Contents
Deportation | |
Reserve Police Battalion 101 | |
Arrival in Poland | |
The Józefów Massacre | |
The Deportations Resume | |
The Strange Health of Captain Hoffmann | |
The Jew Hunt | |
Harvest Festival | |
Aftermath | |
Germans Poles and Jews | |
Ordinary | |
AFTERWORD | |
Reflections on a Massacre | |
The Descent of Second Company | |
The August Deportations to Treblinka | |
LateSeptember Shootings | |
RESERVE POLICE BATTALION 101 | |
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Christopher R. Browning No preview available - 2001 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ordinary Men |
| Author | Christopher R. Browning |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0062037757, 9780062037756 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / Germany History / Military / World War II |
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