Also, if you like 1984…I highly recommend “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland”.Originally Posted by Neveragain
It’s about middle aged German men that agreed to do what they thought was a peacekeeping mission in Nazi occupied Poland. These men were not indoctrinated Nazis. They were just middle class ordinary people like you and me. When they get there they learn they have to exterminate 1500 Jews by shooting them at point blank range. They could opt out, but most did not because they didn’t want to further burden their fellow men in the police battalion. All the men got sick and turned to heavy drinking. Then every day after they had to kill hundreds or thousands of more Jews…men, women, and children. Over time it became easy & systematic to do that every day.
Anyways, it’s a fascinating exploration of human psychology & points to a sad truth that we’re all capable of normalizing unspeakable acts of evil.
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