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 17
... course , when confronting aberrant and impenetrable events in the past , many of the defects which limit and distort the vision of the inward and cloistered eye of memory also truncate and skew the vision of the external and ...
... course , when confronting aberrant and impenetrable events in the past , many of the defects which limit and distort the vision of the inward and cloistered eye of memory also truncate and skew the vision of the external and ...
Page 105
... course . The east alone could provide the German people with " sufficient living space for the next hundred years , " while simultaneously making Germany " a decisive power on the land , which presupposes great military power ...
... course . The east alone could provide the German people with " sufficient living space for the next hundred years , " while simultaneously making Germany " a decisive power on the land , which presupposes great military power ...
Page 236
... course , the heads of the SS left their middle and lower echelons a relatively free hand , which is not to say that regional and local officials played a determining role , except as executors and executioners . For lack of evidence ...
... course , the heads of the SS left their middle and lower echelons a relatively free hand , which is not to say that regional and local officials played a determining role , except as executors and executioners . For lack of evidence ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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