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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Page 52
They were also drawn to Labour by its call for the implementation of the Balfour
Declaration, which was being criticized and sabotaged from within the ruling
Conservative Party. As of the mid-twenties, Jews became increasingly active on ...
They were also drawn to Labour by its call for the implementation of the Balfour
Declaration, which was being criticized and sabotaged from within the ruling
Conservative Party. As of the mid-twenties, Jews became increasingly active on ...
Page 119
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 ...
Page 142
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 Rohm'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 Rohm's defiance. In addition to insisting ...
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Contents
Historical Signposts | 3 |
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
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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