Ordinary Men

The first UK publication of a widely admired study of a Nazi extermination squad, subtitled "Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland". Drawing on records and interviews of a large proportion of the unit, a chilling picture emerges of how easily ordinary men can be trained to perform acts of genocide and murder. "Finely focussed and stunningly powerful" "New York Times".

One morning in Jozefow;
the Order Police;
the Order Police and the Final Solution - Russia 1941;
the Order Police and the Final Solution - deportation;
reserve police battalion 101;
arrival in Poland;
initiation to mass murder - the Josefow massacre;
reflections on a massacre;
Lomazy - the descent of second company;
the August deprotations to Treblinka;
late-September shootings;
the deportations resume;
the strange health of Captain Hoffmann;
the "Jew hunt";
the last massacre - "harvest festival";
aftermath;
Germans, Poles and Jews;
ordinary men;
appendix - shootings and deportations by reserve police battalion 101.