While his argument is well written and is partially true, it is not convincing. ... The historians" characterization of the men in Battalion 101 as "ordinary Germans" is key to understanding how these average men could be motivated to commit mass murder. ... The majority of the book tells the story of the middle-aged German soldiers based on their own testimony from legal proceedings well after World War II had ended. ... It also does not prove that they were not anti-Semitic before the war. ... Christopher Browning's book, Ordinary Men, recounts the story of the men of Reserve Poli...

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