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 44
... percent of all physicians and 15 percent of all lawyers and notaries were of Jewish origin . These percentages rose to over 40 percent and 50 percent in Berlin . Evidently , the Jewish community was torn by the same Gleichzeitig keit ...
... percent of all physicians and 15 percent of all lawyers and notaries were of Jewish origin . These percentages rose to over 40 percent and 50 percent in Berlin . Evidently , the Jewish community was torn by the same Gleichzeitig keit ...
Page 59
... percent of Russia's total population of 130 million , 90 percent of them were concentrated in the fifteen European provinces of the Pale of Settle- ment stretching from the Black Sea to the Baltic coast . While they constituted about 11 ...
... percent of Russia's total population of 130 million , 90 percent of them were concentrated in the fifteen European provinces of the Pale of Settle- ment stretching from the Black Sea to the Baltic coast . While they constituted about 11 ...
Page 75
... percent ( 21,000 ) in Grodno to 63 percent ( 20,000 ) in Pinsk . In each city and town , the Jews lived in separate residential districts , where most of them worked as well . The urban bias was equally pronounced in Rumania and Hungary ...
... percent ( 21,000 ) in Grodno to 63 percent ( 20,000 ) in Pinsk . In each city and town , the Jews lived in separate residential districts , where most of them worked as well . The urban bias was equally pronounced in Rumania and Hungary ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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