Why and how did non-German governments and volunteers assist the Germans in carrying out the Holocaust? How were the motivations and actions of these groups similar to or different from the actions of German perpetrators? To what extent does this information support "intentionalist" or the "functionalist" interpretations of the Holocaust?
What different groups of perpetrators does Hilberg identify? What were the primary motives of each of these individuals or groups? What similarities and differences do you see between these groups? To what extent, and for what reasons, were "ordinary" Germans involved in the Holocaust? To what extent does this information support the "intentionalist" or the "functionalist" interpretations of the Holocaust? (Hilberg, in contrast to Dawidowicz, was a moderate "functionalist.")