In 1942,German reserve police officers obeyed orders to kill some 1500 Jews in the village of Jozefow,Poland.This incident illustrated that people are most likely to be destructively obedient when

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The incident in Jozefow illustrates that people are most likely to be destructively obedient when they perceive their orders to come from legitimate authority figures. The reserve police officers were following orders from the Nazi regime, which was seen as the legitimate authority figure at the time.

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