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 236
... mass murder of totally innocent and helpless Jewish civilians . All the more reason to pay close attention to the circum- stances surrounding this final radicalization of Nazi anti - Semitism , particularly to the course of the ...
... mass murder of totally innocent and helpless Jewish civilians . All the more reason to pay close attention to the circum- stances surrounding this final radicalization of Nazi anti - Semitism , particularly to the course of the ...
Page 386
... mass gassing in an asylum in Mo- gilev . In this instance a group of Soviet mental patients were as- phyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes in a hermetically sealed room connected to the exhaust of a truck . Whatever the drawbacks , group ...
... mass gassing in an asylum in Mo- gilev . In this instance a group of Soviet mental patients were as- phyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes in a hermetically sealed room connected to the exhaust of a truck . Whatever the drawbacks , group ...
Page 391
... mass gassing of " unproductive " and " burdensome " civilians , above all Jews . As we have seen , some- time in November 1941 SS Captain Herbert Lange , the veteran of the euthanasia program in Poznań province , was asked to head up ...
... mass gassing of " unproductive " and " burdensome " civilians , above all Jews . As we have seen , some- time in November 1941 SS Captain Herbert Lange , the veteran of the euthanasia program in Poznań province , was asked to head up ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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