“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust."—NewsweekChristopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews—now with a new afterword and additional photographs.Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Ba...

EDICIÓN REVISADA Y AMPLIADA. 25 AÑOS DESPUÉS... En los últimos años, la bibliografía acerca de la segunda guerra mundial y el Holocausto no ha dejado de crecer, probablemente porque al hacer balance del siglo XX han cobrado un relieve y una importancia crucial. Reseñada el Newsweek como "una impresionante contribución a la historia del Holocausto", sorprendió con su publicación a propios y extraños, y provocó una encendida polémica, debido al peculiar enfoque con que aborda los asesinatos ...

"An important, revealing story, exceptionally well told."—Jonathan Yardley, Washington PostEmploying the rich testimony of almost three hundred survivors of the slave-labor camps of Starachowice, Poland, Christopher R. Browning draws the experiences of the Jewish prisoners, the Nazi authorities, and the neighboring Poles together into a chilling history of a little-known dimension of the Holocaust. Brutal and deadly in their living and work conditions, these camps represen...

Homens comuns é o melhor livro do seu gênero — talvez mesmo o único. Ele descreve a transformação de um batalhão da polícia alemã, composto por homens da classe média burguesa. Eram, essencialmente, policiais comuns, educados antes da Juventude Hitlerista, e que, portanto, não haviam sido doutrinados quando jovens. Foram enviados à Polônia para "estabelecer a paz" — para arrumar a bagunça depois que os alemães a haviam invadido. Começaram prendendo todos os homens judeus entre 18 e 65 anos...

“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.""—NewsweekNow available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews—now with a new afterword and additional photographs.Ordinary Men is...

大屠殺是一個英雄太少，而加害者及受害者都太多的故事大屠殺研究領域經典之作，最新版本對於大屠殺的根本性探問——一群尋常的中年男子如何變成了種族滅絕的劊子手？本書是關於德國第一〇一後備警察營的真實故事。一九四二年一月，在柏林舉行的萬湖會議確認了一九四一年起逐步成形的最終解決方案：納粹德國決定清洗歐洲猶太人，將他們全部送往「東方」（波蘭與俄羅斯）並奴役之，倖存者則於以處死，欲將猶太民族徹底滅絕。而在第一線執行大規模槍擊及圍捕猶太人，將他們驅逐到死亡集中營的，多由後備警察營負責。在眾多警察營中，來自漢堡的第一〇一後備警察營顯得十分「非典型」：他們的組成分子年齡偏高，被認為不適合從軍；在戰前接受教育，見過不同於納粹的政治與道德標準；多為工人階級與底層出身，而當時的漢堡，也是德國納粹化最低的城市之一。然而，這樣的一群人，卻創...

Christopher Brownings Buch über die Beteiligung "normaler" Polizisten an der Endlösung ist inzwischen ein Klassiker der Holocaust-Literatur. Sommer 1942: Ein Bataillon der Hamburger Polizeireserve, etwa 500 Männer, die zu alt zum Dienst in der Wehrmacht waren, werden nach Polen zu einem Sonderauftrag gebracht. Sie sollen die jüdische Bevölkerung in Dörfern aufspüren, die noch arbeitsfähigen Männer aussondern, die übrigen – Alte, Kranke, Frauen und Kinder – auf der Stelle erschießen. Vor ih...

Christopher Brownings Buch über die Beteiligung "normaler" Polizisten an der Endlösung ist inzwischen ein Klassiker der Holocaust-Literatur. Sommer 1942: Ein Bataillon der Hamburger Polizeireserve, etwa 500 Männer, die zu alt zum Dienst in der Wehrmacht waren, werden nach Polen zu einem Sonderauftrag gebracht. Sie sollen die jüdische Bevölkerung in Dörfern aufspüren, die noch arbeitsfähigen Männer aussondern, die übrigen – Alte, Kranke, Frauen und Kinder – auf der Stelle erschießen. Vor ih...

Published by the University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, and Yad Vashem, JerusalemIn 1939, the Nazi regime’s plans for redrawing the demographic map of Eastern Europe entailed the expulsion of millions of Jews. By the fall of 1941, these plans had shifted from expulsion to systematic and total mass murder of all Jews within the Nazi grasp. The Origins of the Final Solution is the most detailed and comprehensive analysis ever written of what took place during this crucial pe...

ALL YOUR MONEY IS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BANK ACCOUNTS. HOW CAN YOU REACH MANY OF THEM TO COLLECT YOUR MONEY FROM THEM LEGALLY?Introducing "How to Make Customers and Prospects Want YOUR Product Like MAD: The Best Marketing Guide for YOU to Sell More in a Month than YOU Have Done in SIX Months" – a game-changing masterpiece that will ignite your marketing prowess like never before.This book is the most important guide for entrepreneurs, marketers...

Lil Man, aka Rahim Bowman is back at it again in "2 Fo-KISSED" and he is all grown up. While this story enhances and fills in some gaps from the original title, it opens up new doors again for readers who are familiar with the characters from the original prequel.Katousha Bowman, our beloved first lady... is notoriously profound and more energetic and powerful than ever before imagined. And even with a new born child under her very own care, Mrs. Bowman is going all out and playing...

Fo-Kissed is a tale about a young man growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who is in search of his own road to success. Trying to overcome obstacles and everyday struggles are not merely resolved just from making money as some may think. And going on this ride with Lil Man is sure to make you feel all the bumps and bruises that can occur while riding on a would be path to success... Even when you think you have it all, theres always one more road that has to be crossed.