Ordinary Men

HIST 2306 E Book Abstract: ORDINARY MEN by Christopher Browning Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning accounts for the actions of the German Order Police ( more specifically the actions of Reserve Police Battalion 101in Poland) and the role they played in the Second World War during the Jewish Holocaust. Police Battalion 101 was composed of veterans from World War One and men too old to be drafted into the regular forces: army, navy, air force. Browning himself is …

…are horrible because they took place in massive numbers without provocation whatsoever. The Jews were slaughtered because they had different beliefs and Browning does an incredible job at depicting this throughout the book. The only downfall however minor it is the inaccuracy of his information because it does find it's sources in personal testimony of people being accused of war crimes with their lives in jeopardy and his lack of visible primary documents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**