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 - 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
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User Review - Chris_El - LibraryThingOrdinary people, when faced with enough social pressure, and a limited array of choices, will not shrink from becoming monsters. Essentially, that is the theme of the historical review of a German ... Read full review
Contents
| 1 | |
| 26 | |
RESERVE POLICE BATTALION 101 | 38 |
ARRIVAL IN POLAND | 49 |
REFLECTIONS ON A MASSACRE | 71 |
THE DESCENT OF SECOND COMPANY | 78 |
THE AUGUST DEPORTATIONS TO TREBLINKA | 88 |
THE DEPORTATIONS RESUME | 104 |
THE JEW HUNT | 121 |
AFTERMATH | 143 |
ORDINARY MEN 259 | 159 |
Reserve Police Battalion 101 | 225 |
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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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