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 126
... became chancellor , conservatives had condoned the violence and lawlessness of the Nazis , after that date they became complicit in legitimating it . There is no denying that they were beguiled by the pomp and circumstance of Potsdam ...
... became chancellor , conservatives had condoned the violence and lawlessness of the Nazis , after that date they became complicit in legitimating it . There is no denying that they were beguiled by the pomp and circumstance of Potsdam ...
Page 270
... became the chosen civilian victims of this furious total war . Political and politicized soldiers of Barbarossa fell upon them because they considered the Jews the primary carriers of the Bolshevik system and ideology — and because they ...
... became the chosen civilian victims of this furious total war . Political and politicized soldiers of Barbarossa fell upon them because they considered the Jews the primary carriers of the Bolshevik system and ideology — and because they ...
Page 422
... became the principal arena for this asymmet- rical life - or - death struggle of the Nazi Behemoth . Soviet and Polish lands were scorched savagely and became the scene of the ruthless pursuit of real and imagined partisans , the ...
... became the principal arena for this asymmet- rical life - or - death struggle of the Nazi Behemoth . Soviet and Polish lands were scorched savagely and became the scene of the ruthless pursuit of real and imagined partisans , the ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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