Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in HistoryThis highly acclaimed book presents a radically new view of the origins of the Holocaust. Mayer argues that the slaughter of the Jews was not part of Hitler's plan from the start, but came about only when the Nazis' massive campaign aagainst Russia foundered. Illustrated. |
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... Nazi Germany and was accompanied by the first sizable , murderous pogroms since those which had erupted after the ... Nazi Germany's policy of seeking to extrude - not extermi- nate — the Jews from the expanding Third Reich . The ...
... Nazi Germany and was accompanied by the first sizable , murderous pogroms since those which had erupted after the ... Nazi Germany's policy of seeking to extrude - not extermi- nate — the Jews from the expanding Third Reich . The ...
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... Nazi Germany , possibly with Stalin's help , so it was more important than ever for Hitler to appeal to conservatives who wanted to stay the old course , convinced that fascism and the Axis were the best , or indeed the only antidote to ...
... Nazi Germany , possibly with Stalin's help , so it was more important than ever for Hitler to appeal to conservatives who wanted to stay the old course , convinced that fascism and the Axis were the best , or indeed the only antidote to ...
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... Nazi Germany's " holy war . " No doubt the ideologically grounded cathexis of Jew - hatred contributed to this fatal change . But the Nazis ' rising fury against the Jews sprang from the mediated encounter between an enduring ...
... Nazi Germany's " holy war . " No doubt the ideologically grounded cathexis of Jew - hatred contributed to this fatal change . But the Nazis ' rising fury against the Jews sprang from the mediated encounter between an enduring ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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