... to the phrase that was carried all the way to the Nuremberg Trials and echoed in Adolf Eichmann's trial: 'I was doing my job' or 'I was following orders'. Thus passing the buck onto his superior and on up through the hierarchy of power. Eventually, though, whether willingly or unwillingly, somebody must bear the brunt for those who covered their faces and blindly ... ...

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