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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's hypothesis was that there was something different about Germany that made antisemitism flourish there in as murderous way. I don't necessarily agree with this hypothesis, as a lot of historians have criticized his methodology. However, he asks whether one can envision everyday Danes or Italians participating in the Holocaust the way Germans did. The fact that I can't envision that makes me want to do more research on this topic.[/quote]

Under the right conditions, any majority group will participate in the type of behavior the Germans engaged in. Stanley Milgram's research and Phillip Zimbardo's research show this pretty convincingly. Even Americans, who have a highly individualistic culture, will do things like that. [b](Just look at what happened at the prisons on Iraq for more evidence.) [/b]

Germans weren't special. They were humans. They were in desperate political and economic straights and they turned to political leaders who were charismatic, evil men. It can happen anywhere.  The identity of the scapegoat will be different, but it could happen here.

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Uhhhhh.. No comparison [/quote]

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