Farfromtheimageofanapolitical,“clean“Wehrmachtthatpersistsinpopularmemory,GermansoldiersregularlycooperatedwithorganizationsliketheSSintheabuseandmurderofcountlessindividualsduringtheSecondWorldWar.Thisin-depthstudydemonstratesthatakeyfactorinthecriminalizationoftheWehrmachtwastheintensepoliticalindoctrinationimposedonitsmembers.Attheinstigationofseniorleadership,manyordinaryGermansoldiersandofficersbecameideologicalwarriorswhoviewedtheirenemiesinracialandpoliticalterms-aprojectthatwasbutonepieceofthebroaderefforttosocializeyoungmenduringtheNaziera.
