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 204
Basing his assertion on General Halder ' s preliminary projections , the führer
estimated that it should take only about four to six weeks to deploy the eighty to a
hundred divisions needed to crush the Red Army , which at first was expected to
be ...
Basing his assertion on General Halder ' s preliminary projections , the führer
estimated that it should take only about four to six weeks to deploy the eighty to a
hundred divisions needed to crush the Red Army , which at first was expected to
be ...
Page 422
The nearer the Red Army moved first to Poland and then to the Altreich , the more
ferocious the ... the Reich ' s death throes , the Nazis exacerbated the avenging
spirit of the Soviet troops , which had to fight their way through the ravaged and ...
The nearer the Red Army moved first to Poland and then to the Altreich , the more
ferocious the ... the Reich ' s death throes , the Nazis exacerbated the avenging
spirit of the Soviet troops , which had to fight their way through the ravaged and ...
Page 426
Both enormities were committed as part of the Wehrmacht ' s desperate effort to
block the advance of the Red Army toward Germany ' s eastern and southern
borders . While Warsaw was the most direct gateway to Berlin , Budapest was the
...
Both enormities were committed as part of the Wehrmacht ' s desperate effort to
block the advance of the Red Army toward Germany ' s eastern and southern
borders . While Warsaw was the most direct gateway to Berlin , Budapest was the
...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in History |
| Authors | Arno J. Mayer, Mayer. Arno J. |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394571541, 9780394571546 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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