Ordinary Men
Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
by Christopher R. Browning
Recommended by Jordan Peterson and Jocko Willink
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in World History, About Germany, and Most Recommended Books.
Christopher R. Browning?s shocking account of how a unit of average middleaged Germans became the coldblooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews?now with a new afterword and additional photographs.Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, which was responsible for mass shootings as well as roun...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in World History, About Germany, and Most Recommended Books.
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