2016
DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcw003
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Stone-Cold Killers or Drunk with Murder? Alcohol and Atrocity during the Holocaust

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“…To see this, we can consider the place of alcohol, drugs and other intoxicants in processes of militant mobilization and/or warfare across history. For example, despite the vilification of alcoholism within the Third Reich, great quantities of alcohol were shipped to the front lines and to the murder sites of the Holocaust (Westermann, 2016). Likewise, intoxicants have been reported as being used for similar purposes in the genocide of the Native Americans, during the atrocities of French Algeria and in Vietnam (Westermann, 2016).…”
Section: Becoming Militantmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…To see this, we can consider the place of alcohol, drugs and other intoxicants in processes of militant mobilization and/or warfare across history. For example, despite the vilification of alcoholism within the Third Reich, great quantities of alcohol were shipped to the front lines and to the murder sites of the Holocaust (Westermann, 2016). Likewise, intoxicants have been reported as being used for similar purposes in the genocide of the Native Americans, during the atrocities of French Algeria and in Vietnam (Westermann, 2016).…”
Section: Becoming Militantmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, despite the vilification of alcoholism within the Third Reich, great quantities of alcohol were shipped to the front lines and to the murder sites of the Holocaust (Westermann, 2016). Likewise, intoxicants have been reported as being used for similar purposes in the genocide of the Native Americans, during the atrocities of French Algeria and in Vietnam (Westermann, 2016). Intoxicants appear to have been incorporated into these moments of violence, despite their violation of stated doctrine, owing to the sensually ‘dulling’ effects they have and the importance of that dulling effect for carrying out violence.…”
Section: Becoming Militantmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, there is evidence that alcohol also "served the men as a post-hoc mechanism for dealing with the psychological impact of their own actions" (Westermann 2016, 7). The most comprehensive study of the connection between alcohol and perpetration in genocide has been conducted by Edward Westermann (2016), who shows its significant role in the Holocaust. Even here, alcohol has a social aspect with the drinking encouraging social bonding and comradery between perpetrators who drink together before or after their task (3).…”
Section: Alcohol and Drug Usagementioning
confidence: 99%
“…656 OFER, Dalia , y WEITZMAN, Lenore , (2004), Mujeres en el Holocausto: fundamentos teóricos para un análisis de género del Holocausto,UNAM, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades, Plaza y Valdés, México D.F., p.30. 657 WESTERMANN, Edward (2016), "Stone-Cold Killers or Drunk with Murder? Alcohol and Atrocity during the Holocaust", Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Volume 30, Issue 1, p.12.…”
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“…WESTERMANN, Edward (2016), "Stone-Cold Killers or Drunk with Murder? Alcohol and Atrocity during the Holocaust", Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Volume 30, Issue 1, p.12.…”
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