Whether they were bank directors or mental cases, the people who were loaded on those trains meant nothing to me. It was really none of my business.
HistoryPsychologyEthicsDehumanizationIndifferenceResponsibility
Whether they were bank directors or mental cases, the people who were loaded on those trains meant nothing to me. It was really none of my business.
HistoryPsychologyEthicsDehumanizationIndifferenceResponsibility
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