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 fuhrer
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 fuhrer
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
It became a self-fulfilling prophecy that the approaching Red Army was nothing
less than a terror-breathing horde. Ilya Ehrenburg — leading Soviet novelist,
journalist, propagandist — overstepped the bounds of normal retaliation with his
...
It became a self-fulfilling prophecy that the approaching Red Army was nothing
less than a terror-breathing horde. Ilya Ehrenburg — leading Soviet novelist,
journalist, propagandist — overstepped the bounds of normal retaliation with his
...
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
critical ...
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
critical ...
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Contents
Historical Signposts | 3 |
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The Final Solution in History |
| Author | Arno J. Mayer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394571541, 9780394571546 |
| Length | 492 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Holocaust History / Military / World War II |
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