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How did people become mass murderers during the Holocaust?

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Hundreds of thousands of people, most of whom were ordinary citizens before the war, took part in the extermination and persecution of Jews. What could turn these completely ordinary people into murderers?

Vladimir Pozner, TV journalist, first President of the Russian Television Academy, Russia

Vladimir Pozner, TV journalist, first President of the Russian Television Academy, Russia

Lyudmila Ulitskaya, writer, public figure, Russia

Lyudmila Ulitskaya, writer, public figure, Russia

Prof. Eliezer Schweid, Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy

Prof. Eliezer Schweid, Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Holocaust survivor

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Holocaust survivor

Prof. Christopher Browning, historian, USA

Prof. Christopher Browning, historian, USA