Willing Executioners?
Otto
ottosell at yahoo.de
Tue Sep 27 05:18:14 CDT 2005
I think I've made the difference I see clear enough.
What made Goldhagen's book so important (for Germany at least) is the
fact that it challenged the myth that the nazis were only a special
brand of evil people and that all the other 'ordinary Germans' were just
decent people following orders.
Otto
jbor at bigpond.com wrote:
> Whether Goldhagen's book actually makes these arguments, either
> explicitly or implicitly, it's the arguments themselves which are
> incorrect. It might be an idea for those who believe that Goldhagen's
> book is saying something other than these things to explain what they
> think that is. It certainly hasn't been made clear to this point.
>
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