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 10
Moreover , much more than the Second German Empire before 1914 , the Third
Reich by the 1930s was the epicenter of that crisis and its eruption into absolute
war . The drive against the Jews originated in this same epicenter . AntiSemitism
...
Moreover , much more than the Second German Empire before 1914 , the Third
Reich by the 1930s was the epicenter of that crisis and its eruption into absolute
war . The drive against the Jews originated in this same epicenter . AntiSemitism
...
Page 238
Simultaneously , the Second and Third Panzer Corps of the Central Army Group ,
commanded by General Hermann Hoth and General Heinz Guderian , easily
took Białystok , Slonim , and Minsk , which were at least 40 percent Jewish .
Simultaneously , the Second and Third Panzer Corps of the Central Army Group ,
commanded by General Hermann Hoth and General Heinz Guderian , easily
took Białystok , Slonim , and Minsk , which were at least 40 percent Jewish .
Page 409
When the Wehrmacht launched its third and last summer offensive in early July
1943 , millions of Jews were still alive throughout the Continent . Until this
moment the “ Final Solution ” had consumed principally the Jews of the Polish -
Russian ...
When the Wehrmacht launched its third and last summer offensive in early July
1943 , millions of Jews were still alive throughout the Continent . Until this
moment the “ Final Solution ” had consumed principally the Jews of the Polish -
Russian ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in History |
| Authors | Arno J. Mayer, Mayer. Arno J. |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0394571541, 9780394571546 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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