Problem
Read each of the following texts that are provided.
For each of these selections, make a list of reasons provided by the author to attempt to explain the atrocity in question. For some authors this list will be quite long, while for others, there may only be one or two explanations provided.
Write a 2-3-page essay, based on the readings, in which you present your own explanation for how these atrocities could occur. Be sure to consider the following questions. Which of the arguments provided by these scholars do you think best explain how these atrocities could occur? Which do you find least convincing? How do you reconcile the differences between the explanations that some of them provide? How would you explain these events?