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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Page 106
... Russia's leaders were linked with international Jewry , which was bent on imposing " its bloody suppres- sion upon ... Russia . " Under the circumstances , rather than making overtures to the Soviets , Germany should prepare to conquer ...
... Russia's leaders were linked with international Jewry , which was bent on imposing " its bloody suppres- sion upon ... Russia . " Under the circumstances , rather than making overtures to the Soviets , Germany should prepare to conquer ...
Page 202
... Russia . Hitler continued to face the same strategic problem , not to say peril , of a two - front war which had ... Russia's forward defensive ramparts but also to improve its overall military preparedness . They hoped against hope that ...
... Russia . Hitler continued to face the same strategic problem , not to say peril , of a two - front war which had ... Russia's forward defensive ramparts but also to improve its overall military preparedness . They hoped against hope that ...
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... Russia would be ideologically charged and murderously destructive , if not exterminationist . The führer's vaulting ambition was concentrated on eastern Lebensraum , not only for reasons of military security , economic autarky , and ...
... Russia would be ideologically charged and murderously destructive , if not exterminationist . The führer's vaulting ambition was concentrated on eastern Lebensraum , not only for reasons of military security , economic autarky , and ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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