Ordinary Men - Softcover

Browning, Christopher R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060995068 ISBN 13: 9780060995065

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1998

Synopsis

The shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews.

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Review:

"Helps us understand, better than we did before, not only what they did to make the Holocaust happen but also how they were transformed psychologically from the ordinary men of [the] title into active participants in the most monstrous crime in human history.""-- New York Times Book Review""A staggering and important book, a book that manages without polemic to communicate at least an intimation of the unthinkable."-- Michael Dorris, " Chicago Tribune""A remarkable--and singularly chilling--glimpse of human behavior...This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust." -- Andrew Nagorski, "Newsweek"

Synopsis:

This study is an account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews. Browning tells about such Germans, and helps the reader to understand, not only what they did to make the Holocaust happen, but also how they were transformed psychologically, from the ordinary men of the title into active participants in the most monstrous crime in human history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060995068
• ISBN 13: 9780060995065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304