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TitleStone cold killers or drunk with murder? Alcohol and atrocity during the Holocaust

Author

Edward B. Westermann

Call numberS940.5318/004

Object number03469MN

Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States

PublisherOxford University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Year of publication

2016

Dimensionspp1-19

MaterialArticle

NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2016 pp1-19

Description

In many testimonies on mass murder of Jews by SS and German police units, witnesses and perpetrators mention that alcohol was present or that the killers were intoxicated. This article examines the ways in which SS and police leaders used alcohol in the occupied eastern territories, as well as the role played by alcohol in genocide.This study may provide insight into the role of alcohol in the conduct of other atrocities

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