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Debate on Hitler's Dictatorship Style
- Historians debate if Hitler was a strong direct controller or a weak dictator relying on system chaos.
- This affects how we understand the architecture and execution of the Holocaust.
Dirlwanger's Peaceful Early Life
- Oscar Dirlwanger was born in 1895 in Wurzburg, a ridiculous-named town in southern Germany.
- His upbringing was peaceful and his parents middle class, contradicting expectations for his later brutality.
Early German Debate on Child Discipline
- Germany debated corporal punishment of children intensively in early 1900s; abuse cases led to activism.
- Though hitting kids was normalized, voices called for restraining excessive physical punishment, showing societal contest.