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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... uprising in 1944. Warsaw's ordeal and destruction were unsurpassed . More generally , the western regions of the Soviet Union and much of Poland - the chief battlegrounds of the Wehrmacht's life - or - death struggle with the Red Army ...
... uprising in 1944. Warsaw's ordeal and destruction were unsurpassed . More generally , the western regions of the Soviet Union and much of Poland - the chief battlegrounds of the Wehrmacht's life - or - death struggle with the Red Army ...
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... uprising in August and Septem- ber 1944 and the ordeal of Hungarian Jewry were an integral part of the monstrous wages of Hitler's guerre à mort . Both enormities were committed as part of the Wehrmacht's desperate effort to block the ...
... uprising in August and Septem- ber 1944 and the ordeal of Hungarian Jewry were an integral part of the monstrous wages of Hitler's guerre à mort . Both enormities were committed as part of the Wehrmacht's desperate effort to block the ...
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... uprising . He moderated Himmler's warrant for absolute liquidation and destruction , regimented his rampaging shock troops , and pulled out the frenzied and badly mauled Kamiński Brigade , whose commander he summarily executed . Even so ...
... uprising . He moderated Himmler's warrant for absolute liquidation and destruction , regimented his rampaging shock troops , and pulled out the frenzied and badly mauled Kamiński Brigade , whose commander he summarily executed . Even so ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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