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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... pogroms since those which had erupted after the First World War , in 1918 to 1921. The Third Reich did not , however , invade Poland in order to capture the bulk of Europe's second largest Jewish community for subsequent annihilation ...
... pogroms since those which had erupted after the First World War , in 1918 to 1921. The Third Reich did not , however , invade Poland in order to capture the bulk of Europe's second largest Jewish community for subsequent annihilation ...
Page 169
... pogrom of November 9-10 , 1938 , as " the night of broken glass , " Nazi propagandists meant to fix attention on this ... pogroms in late tsarist Russia . Accordingly , the Jews were totally isolated and vulnera- ble . They were the ...
... pogrom of November 9-10 , 1938 , as " the night of broken glass , " Nazi propagandists meant to fix attention on this ... pogroms in late tsarist Russia . Accordingly , the Jews were totally isolated and vulnera- ble . They were the ...
Page 257
... pogroms immediately following the arrival of German troops . But these instant and unpremeditated pogroms , reminiscent of those attending the conquest of Poland in September 1939 , were the work of local vigilantes , not of the ...
... pogroms immediately following the arrival of German troops . But these instant and unpremeditated pogroms , reminiscent of those attending the conquest of Poland in September 1939 , were the work of local vigilantes , not of the ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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