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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... essential first step . Without doing so , it is impossible to trace the nature and dynamics of the interconnection of anticommunism and anti - Semitism in the Nazi ideology and project . This interpenetration permeated Mein Kampf and ...
... essential first step . Without doing so , it is impossible to trace the nature and dynamics of the interconnection of anticommunism and anti - Semitism in the Nazi ideology and project . This interpenetration permeated Mein Kampf and ...
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... essential continuities in civil and political society , the triumph of post - Impressionist modernism broke the chain of histori- cist traditions which had informed central and western Europe's official cultures over the past four ...
... essential continuities in civil and political society , the triumph of post - Impressionist modernism broke the chain of histori- cist traditions which had informed central and western Europe's official cultures over the past four ...
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... essential motor of the new war economy . Indeed , there was every reason to continue trusting the stewardship of the economy to the established industrial and agrarian magnates and managers , who with rare exceptions eagerly served and ...
... essential motor of the new war economy . Indeed , there was every reason to continue trusting the stewardship of the economy to the established industrial and agrarian magnates and managers , who with rare exceptions eagerly served and ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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