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Ordinary Men

Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Author: Christopher R. Browning  

Widely reviewed and read in hardcover, this is the shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews. "Browning tells us about such Germans and helps us understand . . . how they were transformed psychologically . . . into active participants in the most monstrous crime in human history".—New York Times Book Review, front page. 8 pages of photos; 2 maps.

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Widely reviewed and read in hardcover, this is the shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews. "Browning tells us about such Germans and helps us understand . . . how they were transformed psychologically . . . into active participants in the most monstrous crime in human history".—New York Times Book Review, front page. 8 pages of photos; 2 maps.

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The 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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Critic Reviews

"Helps us understand, better than we did before, not only what they did to make the Holocaust happen but also how they were transformed psychologically from the ordinary men of [the] title into active participants in the most monstrous crime in human history.""-- New York Times Book Review""A staggering and important book, a book that manages without polemic to communicate at least an intimation of the unthinkable."-- Michael Dorris, " Chicago Tribune""A remarkable--and singularly chilling--glimpse of human behavior...This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust." -- Andrew Nagorski, "Newsweek"

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About the Author

Christopher R. Browning is professor of history at Pacific LChristopher R. Browning is professor of history at Pacific LChristopher R. Browning is professor of history at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. He is a contributoutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. He is a contributoutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. He is a contributor to Yad Vashem's official twenty-four-volume history of ther to Yad Vashem's official twenty-four-volume history of ther to Yad Vashem's official twenty-four-volume history of the Holocaust and the author of two earlier books on the subjec

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Product Details

Publisher
Harper Perennial | HarperPerennial
Published
31st March 1993
Pages
304
ISBN
9780060995065

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