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Chapter 10 approaches the psychology of the Holocaust by looking at postwar attitudes and changes in German society. The situationist approach of Milgram and Zimbardo would seem to suggest that the attitudes of Germans might undergo rapid change after the situational influences of the Nazi regime were removed with the collapse of the regime. There is a significant body of data on attitudes of the German public before and during the war. Surveys conducted after the war found significant continuity in anti-Semitic attitudes among some segments of the German population, including many young people. Interestingly, Germans in East Germany exhibited less anti-Semitism than those in the Federal Republic, suggesting that education and socialization can have a significant impact on attitude change. |
