EAN: 9783506792662

BEYOND ORDINARY MEN GEBUNDEN

Reflecting on the work of one of the field's most influential scholars  the twenty essays in
this book explore the evolution and application of Holocaust historiography  identify key
insights into genocidal settings and point to gaps in our knowledge of humanity's most haunting
problem.Why do they kill?The publication in 1992 of Christopher R. Browning's Ordinary Men
raised crucial  previously unasked questions about the Holocaust: what made the members of a
German police battalion - middle-aged family men of working- and lower-class background -
become mass murderers of Jewish children  women  and men? How does motivation tie in with other
factors that prompt participation in the final solution? And what can survivor accounts convey
about genocide perpetration? Reflecting on the work of one of the field's most influential
scholars  the twenty essays in this book explore the evolution and application of Holocaust
historiography  identify key insights into genocidal settings and point to gaps in our
knowledge of humanity's most haunting problem.

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