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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... officers and men to fight without mercy . These briefings inspired his officers to incite their troops , which eventually became perhaps the most ruthless and tenacious German soldiers on the eastern front . In addition to providing ...
... officers and men to fight without mercy . These briefings inspired his officers to incite their troops , which eventually became perhaps the most ruthless and tenacious German soldiers on the eastern front . In addition to providing ...
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... 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 commands without being ...
... 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 commands without being ...
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... officers , or rather between two strata of leaders . On the enemy side , the leaders of the Untermenschen : " Jews ... officers killed continued to be particularly high . This loss of qualified leaders was the more serious at a time when ...
... officers , or rather between two strata of leaders . On the enemy side , the leaders of the Untermenschen : " Jews ... officers killed continued to be particularly high . This loss of qualified leaders was the more serious at a time when ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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