1. Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie
2. Saved thousands of Jewish refugees from death
3. Task became more dangerous over time
B. Secondary theme is the importance of developing community
1. Reason why community performed as it did
II. Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning
A. Actions of Reserve Police Battalion 101
1. Browning denies this was only the way the average German would act
2. Impossible to find only one reason
B. Hallie sees men in Reserve Police Battalion 101 to be weak
C. Browning sees people of Le Chambon responding to socialization
A. Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie to be compared to Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning
B. Theme of personal responsibility set against social pressure
C. Theme of the nature of community
1. Saved thousands of Jewish refugees from death
2. Reason why community performed as it did
B. Ordinary men participated in atrocities
1. Browning denies this was only the way the average German would act
2. Impossible to find only one reason
B. Hallie sees men in Reserve Police Battalion 101 to be weak
C. Browning sees people of Le Chambon responding to socialization
The book Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie tells the story of one particular village in World War II in which the people banded together
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