GVPT 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trawniki Men
17 Oct 2014
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Anti-semitism/ethnocentrism really didn"t play as much of a role. We want a reason but the reason is people do what their told to do because people are afraid to be kicked out and be on there own. Long stretch from social anti-semitism to mass murder. Pow camp volunteers to carry out the shootings rather than battalion 101 (psychological burden had become too much) Personal tie between killer and victim was broken. Joy of being relieved of the burden of choice. Once they took away the killing directly, the battalion became very good at their jobs. We should be more worried about the average person than the sadist.
