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In this chapter, Russell provides the reader with a brief overview of the Holocaust, the Obedience studies, and the contentious relationship they share—the so-called Milgram-Holocaust linkage. This chapter also explores some of the more important literature that is associated with or has grown out of this relationship.
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Russell, N. (2018). Germany’s “Ordinary Monsters” and the Holocaust. In: Understanding Willing Participants, Volume 1. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95816-3_2
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