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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While Hitler pressed to consolidate the new regime , and his primacy in it , he had
to keep a careful eye on his two major loyal oppositions . On the one hand ,
although he had continuing need for the active support of the conservative elite ...
While Hitler pressed to consolidate the new regime , and his primacy in it , he had
to keep a careful eye on his two major loyal oppositions . On the one hand ,
although he had continuing need for the active support of the conservative elite ...
Page 155
There can be no doubt that during the first few years of the regime the express
function of both the older detention centers and the new concentration camps
was to exercise political control and promote terror . Unwittingly , even the
inmates ...
There can be no doubt that during the first few years of the regime the express
function of both the older detention centers and the new concentration camps
was to exercise political control and promote terror . Unwittingly , even the
inmates ...
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portrayed as the incarnation of the Bolshevik evil and vilified as the chief agents
of the insidious Soviet regime : murderers , barbarians , beasts , Jews , terrorists ,
revolutionaries . There were numerous variants on the same theme : " Down ...
portrayed as the incarnation of the Bolshevik evil and vilified as the chief agents
of the insidious Soviet regime : murderers , barbarians , beasts , Jews , terrorists ,
revolutionaries . There were numerous variants on the same theme : " Down ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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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