" (Browning 2).
This quote is not something expected from the voice of a Nazi commander. It proves that in the beginning of the Final Solution the Nazis did have some remorse for what they were doing and knew it was morally wrong. However it did not stop them from completing the task. As the commander had said, the order came from the highest authority. This follows the explanation that many Nazis did not take personal responsibility for what they were about to take part in. It was from a higher order and the blame for their action lies with them. Major Trapp did however include in his speech that if anyone was not able to partake in the killings of the Jews, he could step out. Only about 10 to 20 percent of the Battalion did end up stepping out of the first killing in the city of Jozefow. Some stepped out right away but most stepped out after they could not take the gruesome duty of killing the Jews. Most stayed in and completed the task. Those that did step out were jeered at for stepping out and were called cowards. Peer pressure, acceptance by their commrades, and the duty to follow orders is what kept most of the Nazis in the killing spree. This however was just for the first round up in Jozefow. As time passed and more and more Jews were killed, most of the Battalion members were able to complete the killings with more ease and eventually even pleasure. .
In the beginning, the Battalion was killing Jews in a very personal way. Each Jew was led out into the woods by a Battalion member and shot. This gave the Battalion member a chance to see that these Jews were real people that they were killing; Jews sometimes from their own home towns and backgrounds. The Battalion members did not like this and eventually the killings became less personal and were changed into more mass killings. " Distancing, not frenzy and brutalization, is one of the keys to the behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101.
The Maus books are award-winning comics written by Art Spiegelman. They are the non-fictional stories of Art and his father, Vladek. In the book, Art Spiegelman is a writer, planning to portray Vladek's life as a Jewish man during WWII Europe in comic book form. While Art gathers information for his...
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The methods of survival applied in Night and Maus are otherwise different. In Night suffering is generated to a greater extent than in Maus. ... Survival was not as severe in Maus. In Maus, survival was solely to avoid the concentration camps. ... To ensure their survival in Maus, they relied heavily on connections and bribes. ...
Written by Art Spiegelman, Maus is the life story of his Holocaust surviving father, Valdek. Maus is presented to us in a comic book form. ... In the second volume, Artie draws himself sitting on a table writing his novel Maus, then all of a sudden, reporters storm him with many questions about the success of his book. ... In brief, Art Spiegelman uses symbolism to successfully represent his feelings of intimidation and guiltiness all through Maus. ... Finally, Art Spiegelman uses symbolism and metaphor for a precise reason, and this to rise Maus into a greater le...
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