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 342
... Wehrmacht had captured lists of the Soviet secret police designating leaders in all walks of life " to be liquidated ... Wehrmacht in the east , " first the Reich and then all of Europe would have fallen to bolshevism " ; that " only the ...
... Wehrmacht had captured lists of the Soviet secret police designating leaders in all walks of life " to be liquidated ... Wehrmacht in the east , " first the Reich and then all of Europe would have fallen to bolshevism " ; that " only the ...
Page 379
... Wehrmacht and Waffen - SS deep into Russia , visiting the lion's share of Nazi Germany's nonmili- tary wrath on civilians . In the forward zones , ahead of the Reich Commissariats Ostland ( Baltic lands ) and Ukraine , the SS remained ...
... Wehrmacht and Waffen - SS deep into Russia , visiting the lion's share of Nazi Germany's nonmili- tary wrath on civilians . In the forward zones , ahead of the Reich Commissariats Ostland ( Baltic lands ) and Ukraine , the SS remained ...
Page 380
... Wehrmacht and the SS mounted a joint campaign to search out and destroy Bolshevik cadres , terror- ists , and partisans immediately behind the front lines as well as in strategic communications , supply , and staging zones which the ...
... Wehrmacht and the SS mounted a joint campaign to search out and destroy Bolshevik cadres , terror- ists , and partisans immediately behind the front lines as well as in strategic communications , supply , and staging zones which the ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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