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Ordinary Organisations: Why Normal Men Carried Out the Holocaust
Stefan Kuhl
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Description for Ordinary Organisations: Why Normal Men Carried Out the Holocaust
Paperback. 99% of all Jewish killings during the Holocaust were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Kuhl offers a new analysis of the integral role that membership of organizations played in facilitating the annihilation of European Jews under the Nazis. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Kuhl offers a new analysis of the integral role that membership in organizations played in facilitating the annihilation of European Jews under the Nazis. Drawing on the well-researched case of the mass killings of Jews by a Hamburg reserve police battalion, Kuhl shows how ordinary men from ordinary professions were induced to carry out massacres. It may have been that coercion, money, identification with the end goal, the enjoyment of brutality, or the expectations of their comrades impelled ... Read more
During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Kuhl offers a new analysis of the integral role that membership in organizations played in facilitating the annihilation of European Jews under the Nazis. Drawing on the well-researched case of the mass killings of Jews by a Hamburg reserve police battalion, Kuhl shows how ordinary men from ordinary professions were induced to carry out massacres. It may have been that coercion, money, identification with the end goal, the enjoyment of brutality, or the expectations of their comrades impelled ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509502905
SKU
V9781509502905
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99-50
About Stefan Kuhl
Stefan Kuhl is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld.
Reviews for Ordinary Organisations: Why Normal Men Carried Out the Holocaust
In this masterly researched and subtly conceptualized in-depth analysis of the infamous Police Battalion 101, Stefan Kuhl shows hauntingly how the 'normality' of constraints, enrichment, comradeship, routine, and legality enabled Nazi perpetrators to achieve the ultimate abnormality. Ordinary Organizations will soon be considered as one of the key inquiries into the Holocaust. Thomas Kuhne, Clark University An extremely interesting book, ... Read more