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What does it mean?
Himmler prioritized collecting skulls during the Russian war for comparative anatomy.
In plain terms
While armies fought, he focused on gathering Jewish-Bolshevik skulls.
What can you take from it?
Dehumanization can coexist with military violence.

Where it applies

  • wartime ethics
  • historical research
  • war crimes

Putting it to work

  • studying historical atrocities
  • analyzing scientific abuse

Questions to consider

  • How does war enable such acts?
  • What drives such obsession?

Another view

This reflects extreme cruelty masked as scientific interest.

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