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 214
As for Eicke, during the week preceding the attack, he repeatedly briefed his top
officers about the impending struggle between National Socialism and "
Judeobolshe- vism," insisting that he expected his officers and men to fight
without mercy.
As for Eicke, during the week preceding the attack, he repeatedly briefed his top
officers about the impending struggle between National Socialism and "
Judeobolshe- vism," insisting that he expected his officers and men to fight
without mercy.
Page 282
With one exception, the officers who were imputed to have bungled Operation
Typhoon were cashiered or resigned. They were neither arrested and tried, nor
executed. Characteristically, von Rundstedt and Guderian were relieved of their ...
With one exception, the officers who were imputed to have bungled Operation
Typhoon were cashiered or resigned. They were neither arrested and tried, nor
executed. Characteristically, von Rundstedt and Guderian were relieved of their ...
Page 320
On this side, "Germany with its officer corps and our [i.e., the SS's] corps of
leaders. ... By late 1943 well over a quarter of the authentic volunteers had
sacrificed their lives, and the proportion of officers killed continued to be
particularly high.
On this side, "Germany with its officer corps and our [i.e., the SS's] corps of
leaders. ... By late 1943 well over a quarter of the authentic volunteers had
sacrificed their lives, and the proportion of officers killed continued to be
particularly high.
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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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