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Re:Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a ... by arjie on Saturday September 06, 2014 @06:49PM (#8279760)
Curiously, at least a few cases of killing your own officer are recorded when it's in your own immediate interest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging

I suppose the soldiers asked to do bad things (like this man) rationalize it away.

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Re:Interview with an Auschwitz Guard: 'I Do Not Feel Like a ... by Houshalter on Sunday September 07, 2014 @02:11AM (#8280459)
Well fragging was common on the front lines because it had plausible deniability of the enemy throwing a grenade back. In a prison camp far away from the front, it's more difficult to explain, and harder to get away with.
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