Browning believed that there were some empirical faults with Goldhagen’s interpretation because it didn’t fit some of the evidence that they had discovered. The problems were that:
The majority of the perpetrators of the Holocaust had already engaged in the mass killing of non-Jews. Browning argues that those who had staffed the death camps were trained by using gas chambers in the euthanasia program to murder mentally and physically handicapped Germans.
Many people from other cultures, such as Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania also participated in the Holocaust in areas such as auxiliary police. They were also perpetrators of the Holocaust and in 1942, there was more killing done by non-Germans then the German people themselves.
Goldhagen's main
The majority of the perpetrators of the Holocaust had already engaged in the mass killing of non-Jews. Browning argues that those who had staffed the death camps were trained by using gas chambers in the euthanasia program to murder mentally and physically handicapped Germans.
Many people from other cultures, such as Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania also participated in the Holocaust in areas such as auxiliary police. They were also perpetrators of the Holocaust and in 1942, there was more killing done by non-Germans then the German people themselves.
Goldhagen's main