1. According to Browning, how did some men from the German Police Battalion 101 respond to the command requiring them to take part in the mass execution of Polish Jews, and how did they deal with those orders?
2. What is Goldhagen’s main argument in his “Police Battallion 101: Assessing the Men’s Motives” chapter? What evidence does he use to make his argument? Why or why isn’t his argument convincing?
3. How do Browning’s and Holdhagen’s chapters help us understand the actions and motives behind the participation of German men in the mass executions of Jews? How can their work help us gain a better insight to the role Germans in general played in the victimization and systematic killing of Jews under Nazi Germany?
