Not all German killers internalized eliminationist anti-Semitism since many requested transfer.

Evidence

Many never developed that cognitive makeup. A discussed by Finkelstein and Birn (1998), Goldhagen notes that quite a few men were unable to handle their violent assign­ ments, and “transfers occurred frequently” in the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units; Goldhagen, 1996, p. 381). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 381

Categorization

• QUESTION: Frequent transfers undercut Goldhagen’s claim that a shared cognitive makeup drove all perpetrators — worth chasing what the transfer data actually shows.
• XREF: connects to: Holocaust killers volunteered eagerly rather than obeying reluctantly — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 320; Holocaust perpetrators were ordinary citizens acting without personal anti-Jewish resentment. — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 682; The Holocaust required neutralizing popular attitudes, not mobilizing them — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 522 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Holocaust killers volunteered eagerly rather than obeying reluctantly #complicates (0.85) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 320
• Holocaust perpetrators were ordinary citizens acting without personal anti-Jewish resentment. #corroborates (0.80) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 682
• Holocaust death rates tracked Nazi control, not local antisemitism levels. #corroborates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 512
• The Holocaust required neutralizing popular attitudes, not mobilizing them #corroborates (0.75) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 522
• Only the choice of victims, not the crime’s nature, derives from antisemitism history. #qualifies (0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 369