Browning argues that most of the men of rpb 101 were not fanatical nazis but, rather, ordinary middleaged, workingclass. Inspection of members of police battalion 101 by their order. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland is a nonfiction account of the genocidal journey of a police battalion conscripted into hitlers final solution, mostly from firsthand accounts of the men themselves from their interrogations when they were put on trial in the 1960s. Ordinary men reserve police battalion 101 and the final. Browning delves into this aspect of the holocaust in ordinary men. Any book that seeks to go behind the scenes of nazi killing units faces the problem that the men involved invariably lie about their experience.
Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland 1992 25th october 2019 27th october 2019 obergruppenfuhrer ss 301 views 1 comment book, history, world war 2. The reserve police battalion 101 were involved in more mass shootings in september 1942 in the village of serokomla, where some 200300 jews were shot in gravel pits. This 226 page book is by christopher browning, an american history professor. Reserve police battalion 101 essay 1089 words 5 pages. Battalion 101 of the order police together with other order police battalions contributed to the manpower needed to carry out this immense task. Reserve police battalion 101 jewish virtual library.
Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland by the red phoenix on november 19, 2010 0 a glimpse at the perpetrators of genocide. Ordinary men, reserve police battalion 11 and the final. Its an account of the reserve police battalion 101s brutality in poland in 194243 when it 500 men shot 38,000 jews and sent 45,000 by train to treblinka. The men of reserve police battalion 101 are largely middleaged men from working and middleclass backgrounds with little prior experience of military service or nazi ideology.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read an analysis of christopher r. Apr 12, 1992 ordinary men reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland. Over this time the roughly 500 men participated in the deaths of over 80,000 jewish civilians. An account of the atrocities committed by the men of reserve police battalion 101 of the german order police in poland during ww2. Browning argues that most of the men of rpb 101 were not fanatical nazis but ordinary middleaged. Eleven months later, 75 to 80 percent were dead the result, browning says, of a short, intense wave of mass murder, centered in poland. Feb 28, 2017 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 roundups of jewish people for deportation to nazi death camps in poland in 1942. During world war ii, they were subordinated to the ss and deployed in germanoccupied areas, specifically the army group rear areas and territories under german civilian administration.
Christopher brownings ordinary men is an analysis of police battalion 101, a single battalion of the order police that served as a massexecution squad in poland in 19423. Reservepolizeibataillon 101 was in nazi germany a paramilitary formation of the uniformed police force known as order police ordnungspolizei, abbreviated as orpo, operating under the leadership of the ss. Formed in hamburg, it was deployed in september 1939 along with the wehrmacht army in the invasion of poland. 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 roundups of jewish people for deportation to nazi death camps in poland in 1942. Browning and police battalion 101 department of history. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland ebook written by christopher r. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland 866 words 3 pages. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland by browning, christopher r. Ordinary men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the uk for the first time. Too old to be drafted into the army, they are instead drafted into the order police. Browning is best known for his 1992 book ordinary men. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland 9780060995065 by browning, christopher r. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland kindle edition by browning, christopher r download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ordinary men.
Ordinary men reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. They had arrived in poland less than three weeks before, most of them recently drafted family men too old for combat serviceworkers, artisans, salesmen, and clerks. At the disposal of chief of the order police daluege. It was assigned to the district of lublin in poland.
Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland ebook written by tom stammers, james chappel. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland tells the story of battalion 101, a group of 500 policemen in their 30s and 40s who were sent into poland to participate in a special action without being told exactly what they. Reserve police battalion 101 facing history and ourselves. German police battalions and regiments axis history forum. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland, a study of german ordnungspolizei order police reserve unit 101, which committed massacres and roundups of jews for deportations to nazi death camps in germanoccupied poland in 1942. One group of people that helped carry out this idea of judenfrei or jew free germany was the reserve police battalion 101. The men who pulled the triggers the new york times.
Reserve police battalion 101 was made up of the german equivalent of city policemen and county sheriffs. Reserve police battalion 101 was a unit of the german order police ordnungspolizei or orpo that during the nazi occupation of poland played a central role in the implementation of the final solution against the jewish people and the repression of the polish population. Like the national guard in the united states, these german battalions were organized regionally. Get free shipping on ordinary men reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland isbn.
He is a contributor to yad vashems official twentyfourvolume history of the holocaust and the author of two earlier books on the subject. In the early hours of july, 1942, the men of reserve police battalion 101, a unit of the german order police, entered the polish village of jozefow. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in. In early september 1942 the disposition of the order police in the lublin district was modified. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland by. Reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in poland. During 16 months, reserve police battalion 101, a unit of just over 450 men from hamburg, was responsible in poland for the shooting of 39,000 jews and the deportation to treblinka of 44,000 more. The order police battalions were militarised formations of the german order police uniformed police during the nazi era. Browning is professor of history at pacific lutheran university in tacoma, washington. Like many other such battalions, police battalion 101 was organized for the purpose of policing and pacifying territories captured by the advancing german during the early years of the war in the east. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the nazis extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions, andthe methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale.