Individual and Mass Behavior in Extreme Situations
Bruno Bettelheim
1943
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This text recounts acts of violence and torture against Jewish people. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence or oppression of any kind.
[ . . . ] On a terribly cold winter night when a snowstorm was blowing, all prisoners were punished by being forced to stand at attention without overcoats—they never wore any—for hours.1 This was after having worked for more than twelve hours in the open, and having received hardly any food. The prisoners were threatened with having to stand all…
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