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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Basing his assertion on General Halder's preliminary projections , the führer
estimated that it should take only about four to six weeks to deploy the eighty to a
hundred divisions needed to crush the Red Army , which at first was expected to
be ...
Basing his assertion on General Halder's preliminary projections , the führer
estimated that it should take only about four to six weeks to deploy the eighty to a
hundred divisions needed to crush the Red Army , which at first was expected to
be ...
Page 321
No one proclaimed that the upcoming assault would stun the world , smash the
Bolshevik regime , and overwhelm the Red Army . From the outset of this second
offensive the risks were clear . In addition to facing a vigilant , reinforced , and ...
No one proclaimed that the upcoming assault would stun the world , smash the
Bolshevik regime , and overwhelm the Red Army . From the outset of this second
offensive the risks were clear . In addition to facing a vigilant , reinforced , and ...
Page 422
It became a self - fulfilling prophecy that the approaching Red Army was nothing
less than a terror - breathing horde . Ilya Ehrenburg - leading Soviet novelist ,
journalist , propagandist overstepped the bounds of normal retaliation with his ...
It became a self - fulfilling prophecy that the approaching Red Army was nothing
less than a terror - breathing horde . Ilya Ehrenburg - leading Soviet novelist ,
journalist , propagandist overstepped the bounds of normal retaliation with his ...
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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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