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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Anglo - Jewry gradually loosened its ties to the Conservatives , particularly now
that Labour had come to stand foursquare ... who succeeded Neville
Chamberlain as prime minister on May 10 , 1940 , was a dyed - in - the - wool
Conservative .
Anglo - Jewry gradually loosened its ties to the Conservatives , particularly now
that Labour had come to stand foursquare ... who succeeded Neville
Chamberlain as prime minister on May 10 , 1940 , was a dyed - in - the - wool
Conservative .
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What mattered was that the new chancellor was generally perceived as having
moved quickly and skillfully to turn the fire to political account , thereby both
impressing and intimidating his conservative associates . Even though they had ...
What mattered was that the new chancellor was generally perceived as having
moved quickly and skillfully to turn the fire to political account , thereby both
impressing and intimidating his conservative associates . Even though they had ...
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cordingly , he was not about to reverse the conservative tilt of his consolidation of
power . While Hitler remained confident of his own ability to outwit the old elites ,
he became increasingly uneasy about Röhm's defiance . In addition to insisting ...
cordingly , he was not about to reverse the conservative tilt of his consolidation of
power . While Hitler remained confident of his own ability to outwit the old elites ,
he became increasingly uneasy about Röhm's defiance . In addition to insisting ...
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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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