Ordinary drinkers'' and ordinary ''males''? alcohol, masculinity and atrocity in the Holocaust

Christopher Browning's "Ordinary men" is one of the seminal works in the field of perpetrator studies for the Holocaust. The use of alcohol in facilitating mass atrocity is not surprising based on the long connection between the abuse of alcohol and drugs and the frequency of violent crime and homicide. The relationship of alcohol and sexual violence perpetrated against women is an important issue for evaluating the actions of SS men within the camps, the ghettos and killing fields