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 197
... Soviet Russia . In keeping with the logic of the Nazi - Soviet Pact , Stalin did not stand by idly while Germany crushed France and the Low Countries . After occupying eastern Poland in late September 1939 , the Soviet Union extended ...
... Soviet Russia . In keeping with the logic of the Nazi - Soviet Pact , Stalin did not stand by idly while Germany crushed France and the Low Countries . After occupying eastern Poland in late September 1939 , the Soviet Union extended ...
Page 198
... Soviet zone , or else been forcibly expelled across the demarcation line . Accordingly , by mid - 1941 the Soviet Union had a Jewish population totaling close to 5 million . The refugees and expellees from the German half of Poland ...
... Soviet zone , or else been forcibly expelled across the demarcation line . Accordingly , by mid - 1941 the Soviet Union had a Jewish population totaling close to 5 million . The refugees and expellees from the German half of Poland ...
Page 211
... Soviet soldiers and civilians . They were as- sured that the invading forces proposed to fight not the peoples of the Soviet Union but their " Judeo - Bolshevik government , its functionaries , and its Communist Party . " The Wehrmacht ...
... Soviet soldiers and civilians . They were as- sured that the invading forces proposed to fight not the peoples of the Soviet Union but their " Judeo - Bolshevik government , its functionaries , and its Communist Party . " The Wehrmacht ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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