In his study of 101 ° German police battalion in Poland Chrisopher Browning shows how the substitution of collective consciousness self justificatory to individual conscience may generate criminal behavior in individuals who are not inclined n''y out. It was indeed reservists Hamburg, most of which had attended the socialist or communist organizations before 1933. The conclusion of Christopher Browning is a startling news: "In modern society, the complexity of life, bureaucratization and specialization resulting mitigate the sense of personal responsibility of those responsible for implementing government policy. Within any group, the peer group exerts tremendous pressure on the behavior of the individual, and imposes ethical standards. So if the men of 101 ° Reserve Police Battalion could become killers, what human group might not it? "
