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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... bolshevism . He alleged that in Russia " godless ... [ and ] anticultural " bolshevism had killed over 1.8 million people , including “ 6,000 teachers and professors , 8,800 physi- cians , 54,000 officers , 260,000 soldiers , 105,000 ...
... bolshevism . He alleged that in Russia " godless ... [ and ] anticultural " bolshevism had killed over 1.8 million people , including “ 6,000 teachers and professors , 8,800 physi- cians , 54,000 officers , 260,000 soldiers , 105,000 ...
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... bolshevism and National Socialism as " the great thesis and antithesis of this century . " According to Hitler , the world had seen no comparable crisis " since the rise of Christianity , the triumphal march of Islam , or the ...
... bolshevism and National Socialism as " the great thesis and antithesis of this century . " According to Hitler , the world had seen no comparable crisis " since the rise of Christianity , the triumphal march of Islam , or the ...
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... bolshevism . " Especially when ad- dressing eastern European publics , propagandists were to stress Jewish bolshevism . Furthermore , from now on they were to " attack the beast that was Stalin and the bestiality of the Bolshevik system ...
... bolshevism . " Especially when ad- dressing eastern European publics , propagandists were to stress Jewish bolshevism . Furthermore , from now on they were to " attack the beast that was Stalin and the bestiality of the Bolshevik system ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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