Christopher Browning

Christopher Browning is a historian specializing in the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. He is known for analyzing how ordinary individuals became involved in acts of genocide, particularly through his influential book "Ordinary Men," which examines the moral choices faced by Reserve Police Battalion 101 during the Holocaust. Browning’s work explores how social pressure, authority, and situational factors can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary atrocities, offering insights into human behavior under extreme conditions. His scholarship aims to deepen understanding of moral responsibility and the mechanisms of mass violence in history.