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 vii
... historian of Nazi Germany's genocide of the Jews who is sworn , as I am , to seek critical distance , but not cold ... historians , so the study of the Judeocide is too complex and serious to be left primarily to students of recent ...
... historian of Nazi Germany's genocide of the Jews who is sworn , as I am , to seek critical distance , but not cold ... historians , so the study of the Judeocide is too complex and serious to be left primarily to students of recent ...
Page 17
... historians normally take account of the paradig- matic orthodoxies and narrative requirements of their craft and time , and they do so in the light of the political climate of their day . Compared to the Muse of memory , however , the ...
... historians normally take account of the paradig- matic orthodoxies and narrative requirements of their craft and time , and they do so in the light of the political climate of their day . Compared to the Muse of memory , however , the ...
Page 377
... historians cannot avoid confronting the out - and - out killing installations that existed and operated in the most extreme moment of the Thirty Years War of the twentieth century . Attuned to the longue and moyenne durée , many " new ...
... historians cannot avoid confronting the out - and - out killing installations that existed and operated in the most extreme moment of the Thirty Years War of the twentieth century . Attuned to the longue and moyenne durée , many " new ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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