Aquellos hombres grises

El Batallón 101 y la solución final en Polonia

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Aquellos hombres grises

El Batallón 101 y la solución final en Polonia

1.ª edición
  • 4.11 ·
  • 9 Ratings
  • 115 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 12 Have read

El impactante relato de Christopher R. Browning sobre cómo una unidad de alemanes corrientes de mediana edad se convirtió en asesina a sangre fría de decenas de miles de judíos.

Aquellos hombres grises es la verdadera historia del Batallón de Policía de Reserva 101 de la Policía de Orden Alemana, que fue responsable de los fusilamientos en masa, así como de las redadas de judíos para su deportación a los campos de exterminio nazis en Polonia en 1942. Browning sostiene que la mayoría de los hombres del BPR 101 no eran nazis fanáticos, sino más bien hombres corrientes de mediana edad y clase trabajadora que cometieron estas atrocidades por una mezcla de motivos, entre ellos la dinámica de grupo de la conformidad, la deferencia a la autoridad, la adaptación de roles y la alteración de las normas morales para justificar sus acciones. Rápidamente surgieron tres grupos dentro del batallón: un núcleo de asesinos ávidos, una pluralidad que cumplía con sus deberes de forma fiable pero sin iniciativa, y una pequeña minoría que eludía la participación en los actos de asesinato sin disminuir en absoluto la eficacia asesina del batallón.

Aunque este libro trata de una unidad de reserva específica durante la segunda guerra mundial, el argumento general que expone Browning es que la mayoría de las personas sucumben a las presiones de un entorno de grupo y cometen acciones que nunca harían por su propia voluntad.

Aquellos hombres grises es una obra poderosa, escalofriante e importante, con temas y argumentos que siguen resonando hoy en día.

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Edhasa
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Spanish
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426

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Cover of: Aquellos hombres grises
Aquellos hombres grises: El Batallón 101 y la solución final en Polonia
2004, Edhasa
in Spanish - 1.ª edición
Cover of: Ordinary men
Ordinary men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland
1998, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed., Reissued [with a new afterword by the author]
Cover of: Des hommes ordinaires
Des hommes ordinaires
Feb 20, 1994, BELLES LETTRES
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Ordinary men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland
1992, HarperCollins
in English - 1st ed.

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
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English

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Montse Batista

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426
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23 x x centimeters

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OL9129698M
ISBN 10
8435026361
ISBN 13
9788435026369
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1025079767
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20937
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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.

Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, which was responsible for mass shootings as well as round-ups of Jewish people for deportation to Nazi death camps in Poland in 1942. Browning argues that most of the men of RPB 101 were not fanatical Nazis but, rather, ordinary middle-aged, working-class men who committed these atrocities out of a mixture of motives, including the group dynamics of conformity, deference to authority, role adaptation, and the altering of moral norms to justify their actions. Very quickly three groups emerged within the battalion: a core of eager killers, a plurality who carried out their duties reliably but without initiative, and a small minority who evaded participation in the acts of killing without diminishing the murderous efficiency of the battalion whatsoever.

While this book discusses a specific Reserve Unit during WWII, the general argument Browning makes is that most people succumb to the pressures of a group setting and commit actions they would never do of their own volition.

Ordinary Men is a powerful, chilling, and important work, with themes and arguments that continue to resonate today.

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