Analysis Of Browning's Ordinary Men

War Changes People is an age old saying, but what makes an ordinary man go from average Joe to blood thirsty Nazis? As Browning, explains in her book “Ordinary Men”, the loss of humanity does not happen over night. The combination of War, racism, and “constant propaganda and indoctrination”, were key factors in understanding the assimilation of these men into the Nazi ideology (Browning, 186). Browning does a great job of contrasting the Reserve Police Battalion 101’s Massaacre at Józeów to later experiences which allows the audience can see these factors slowly coming into effect when reading the transition from reluctant compliance to enthusiastic killer.
The Józeów Massacre, is a perfect example of the reluctance the men had toward caring

For instance, after the July 8th Jewish raid and shooting of twenty-two people, the commander of the Order Police Kurt Daluege, commended the police in the proud moment of saving the world by the “defeat of the world enemy” (Browning, 13). This not only promoted racism and war, it also promoted the idea of community and that the Nazis were doing well in their careers. The reminder of the importance of the ‘sacrifice’ were making combined with the positive reinforcement from superiors was the type of propaganda that helped further the Nazi ideas.
In the book “Ordinary Men” it shows the evolution from traumatized obedience to passionate murderer. It is clear that the amalgamation of war, racism, and community were important influences in understanding the assimilation of these men into the Nazi ideology (Browning, 186). Browning says it best in the lines on page 186;
“Pervasive racism and the resulting exclusion of the Jewish victims form any common ground with the perpetrators made it all the easier for the majority of policemen to conform to the norms of there immediate community (the battalion) and the society at large (Nazi