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Stone cold killers or drunk with murder? Alcohol and atrocity during the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Stone cold killers or drunk with murder? Alcohol and atrocity during the Holocaust
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Call numberS940.5318/004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03469MN
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Oxford University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2016
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp1-19
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2016 pp1-19
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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