Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in HistoryThis major work presents a radically new view of the origins of the Nazi slaughter of the Jews. Mayer argues that though Hitler was always viciously anti-Semitic, the genocide was not part of his plan from the start. Instead, it was triggered when the Nazi's massive campaign against Russia began to founder. Mayer places what Hitler called "the Final Solution" in historical context, examining both the prewar political situation in Europe that made it possible, and some analogous, if much less horrific, events in the distant past. The result is an important and provocative new answer to one of the most pressing questions facing historians today: How could such an enormity have come to pass? |
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Barbarossa was torn . On the one hand , guided by an expansive imperial ideal ,
he proposed to unite all German lands and to push southward to Italy and the
Mediterranean . On the other , Barbarossa encouraged feudal devolution ,
hoping ...
Barbarossa was torn . On the one hand , guided by an expansive imperial ideal ,
he proposed to unite all German lands and to push southward to Italy and the
Mediterranean . On the other , Barbarossa encouraged feudal devolution ,
hoping ...
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During the Vormärz , the period of cultural and political ferment before 1848 ,
Richard Wagner seized upon Barbarossa as a model in his quest for an imperial
hero to exalt on a stage that for Wagner was at once dramatic and political .
During the Vormärz , the period of cultural and political ferment before 1848 ,
Richard Wagner seized upon Barbarossa as a model in his quest for an imperial
hero to exalt on a stage that for Wagner was at once dramatic and political .
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Hitler is said to have considered it a favorable augury that from his home and
headquarters in Berchtesgaden he could see the Unterberg mountain range ,
one of Barbarossa's legendary though currently untended resting places .
Perhaps ...
Hitler is said to have considered it a favorable augury that from his home and
headquarters in Berchtesgaden he could see the Unterberg mountain range ,
one of Barbarossa's legendary though currently untended resting places .
Perhaps ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in History |
| Author | Arno J. Mayer |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1990 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jan 2011 |
| ISBN | 0679728996, 9780679728993 |
| Length | 508 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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