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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... inmates were to be broken psychologically , morally , and physically . At this point they were forced to work for their own upkeep . But they were not subjected to hard labor , except as part of the discipline of subjec- tion and ...
... inmates were to be broken psychologically , morally , and physically . At this point they were forced to work for their own upkeep . But they were not subjected to hard labor , except as part of the discipline of subjec- tion and ...
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... inmates and subsidiaries kept growing . Auschwitz probably reached its ghastly peak in August 1944 , with some forty branches and a total of over 105,000 registered inmates - not counting many thousands of unregistered Jews locked into ...
... inmates and subsidiaries kept growing . Auschwitz probably reached its ghastly peak in August 1944 , with some forty branches and a total of over 105,000 registered inmates - not counting many thousands of unregistered Jews locked into ...
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... inmates were taken from Mauthausen , Gusen , and Dachau to Hartheim for gassing . About 830 inmates from Buchenwald suffered the same fate at Sonnenstein . Before the war was over the doctors of 14 f 13 selected many more inmates in ...
... inmates were taken from Mauthausen , Gusen , and Dachau to Hartheim for gassing . About 830 inmates from Buchenwald suffered the same fate at Sonnenstein . Before the war was over the doctors of 14 f 13 selected many more inmates in ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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