HOLOCAUST EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

HOLOCAUST EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
PolicesBattalion:sWhatsissasReservesPolicesBattalion?s-sans---
sAsunitsofsthesGermansOrdersPolice.s




-sArmysofsmenswhosweresconsideredstosbestoosoldsorsofsnosusestosthesGermansarmy

-sgermansswhoscouldn'tsbesinsthesarmy

ReservesPolicesBattalions101:sWhatswassthescompositionsofsReservesPolicesBattalions101
?s-sans---sBattalionsdividedsintos3scompanies,seachs140smen

-sEachscompanysdividedsintos3splatoons

-sEachsplatoonsdividedsintos4ssquads

-
sAlsospersonnelsofsthesbattalionsstaff:sfivesadministrativesofficials,sasdoctorsandshissaid,svari

oussdrivers,sclerks,sandscommunicationssspecialists

ReservesPolicesBattalions101:sWhosweresthesesmen?s-sans---
sFromslowersorderssofsGermanssociety




-sHadsexperiencedsneitherssocialsnorsgeographicsmobility

-sVerysfewswereseconomicallysindependent
VirtuallysnoneshadsanyseducationsaftersleavingsVolksschules(terminalssecondarysschool)sats
ages14sors15

-
sThesesweresmenswhoshadsknownspoliticalsstandardssandsmoralsnormssothersthansthosesofs

thesNaziss

-sMostscamesfromsHamburgs(bysreputation,sonesofsthesleastsnazifiedscitiessinsGermany)

ReservesPolicesBattalions101:sWerestheysyoung?s-sans---
sAveragesage sofsthes32snoncommissionedsofficerss-s33.5.sRangedsfroms27-40.s




-sAveragesagesofsBattalion:s39.sOvershalfsweresbetweens37-
42,sas"groupsconsideredstoosoldsforsthesarmysbutsmostsheavilysconscriptedsforsreservespolic
esdutysaftersSeptembers1939"s(48)

, ReservesPolicesBattalions101:sWerestheysmemberssofsthesNazisParty?s-sans---
sAmongsthesranksandsfilespolicemen,s25%sweresPartysmemberssins1942.s




-s"Bys1942,sassurprisinglyshighspercentageshadsbecomesPartysmembers"

ReservesPolicesBattalions101:sWhatsclasssweresthey?sDidstheyshavesfamilies?s-sans---
s63%sweresofsworking-classsbackground,sfewsweresskilledslaborers




-sMajoritysheldstypicalsHamburgsworking-
classsjobs:sdocksworkerssandstrucksdriverssweresmostsnumerous.sAlsoswarehousesandscon
structionsworkers,smachinesoperators,sseamen,swaiters.

-s35%swereslower-middle-class

-sALLswhite-collarsworkers

-s75%sinssalessofssomessort

-sTheysweresconsideredsassfamily-men

Browning:sHowsdidsBrowningsdosresearchsonsPBs101?sDidshesinterviewsmen?s-sans---
sAs"rich scollectionsofstestimonies"s(xvii)




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sInvestigationsandslegalsprosecutionsofsReservesPolicesBattalions101shadsbeens10syearspro

cesssbysthesOfficesofsthesStatesProsecutor;sthissoffices-
s"surelysonesofsthesmostsdiligentsandscommittedsprosecutorssofsNaziscrimessinsallsofsthesFed

eralsRepublic"s(xvii)s-
shadscustodysofsthescourtsrecordssrelatingstosthescase,sandsBrowningssuccessfullysappliedsf

orspermissionstosseesthem.

-sRosterswassavailablestosinvestigators

-sStudiedsthesinterrogationssofs210smensfromsasunitsconsistingsofsslightlyslesssthans500

PBs101:sWhatsweresthesreasonssthesmensinsPBs101sgavesforskillingsJews?s-sans---
sUndersauthoritys(cansreferstosobediencesstudiesswe slearnedsinsclass)




-s"NotstakingspartsinsthesshootingswassnotsgoingstosaltersthesfatesofsthesJews."s

-sTosreleaseschildrensfromsthesburdensofslivingswithoutstheirsmothers.

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sPolarizationsbetweensComradessandsJews,sussvs.sthem.s→sassimilationsof sJewssintosene

mies