Ordinary Germans or Ordinary Men? | Graduate Academy

▶ A fascinating discussion with Dr Jochen Böhler, Roger Moorhouse and Alina Nowobilska, on that crucial question that regularly haunts academics: where they ordinary Germans or ordinary men?
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The meeting ▪ Ordinary Germans or Ordinary Men? Nazi Crimes and their Perpetrators in Occupied Eastern Europe, 1939-1944/45 ▪ took place as a part of the project ▪ Totalitarianism in East-Central Europe 1939-1989; History and Memory – Graduate Academy ▪

▪ Were those who committed crimes in occupied Eastern Europe between 1939 and 1944/45 ordinary Germans or were they ordinary men?

▪ Surely the Browning vs Goldhagen debate is still relevant, but are there any new perspectives or has new evidence been discovered that would change or correct the narrative?

▪ Did these perpetrators cave to peer pressure and authority? Or were they all simply Nazis and anti-Semites?

▪ Why did they commit these atrocities in occupied Eastern Europe?

These were just some of the issues that were be debated on November 22, 2021.

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