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 159
... conquest . In turn , given Germany's geopolitical location and Hitler's obsession with Lebensraum in the east , the Behemoth could only expand in a direction that would entail a radical change in the configuration and treatment of the ...
... conquest . In turn , given Germany's geopolitical location and Hitler's obsession with Lebensraum in the east , the Behemoth could only expand in a direction that would entail a radical change in the configuration and treatment of the ...
Page 200
... CONQUEST AND CRUSADE Compared to the invasion first of Poland and then of France and the Low Countries , Nazi Germany's assault on Soviet Russia was sui generis . The eastern campaign exploded as an absolute or total war , to be fought ...
... CONQUEST AND CRUSADE Compared to the invasion first of Poland and then of France and the Low Countries , Nazi Germany's assault on Soviet Russia was sui generis . The eastern campaign exploded as an absolute or total war , to be fought ...
Page 207
... conquest state originated in and was ultimately driven by domestic rather than international imperatives . Hitler looked , as we saw , to military preparedness , war , and expan- sion to solidify and legitimate his regime . This project ...
... conquest state originated in and was ultimately driven by domestic rather than international imperatives . Hitler looked , as we saw , to military preparedness , war , and expan- sion to solidify and legitimate his regime . This project ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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