Summary Of Hitler's Willing Executioners By Daniel Goldhagen

In “Hitler’s Willing Executioners,” Daniel Goldhagen presents the theory that an extreme belief in anti-Semitism was the sole motivating factor that resulted in German behavior during the Holocaust. In coming up with his theory for perpetrator behavior, Goldhagen argues that one must consider the extraordinary acts of mass killing the perpetrators were involved in as well as the identity of the victims. Goldhagen presents many counterarguments for the theories Browning brings up in his book, Ordinary Men. For instance, using Police Battalion 309, Goldhagen argues that the brutality with which members of the police acted was not part of orders, which demonstrates a deviation from the theory of obedience to authority. The greatest issue with