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 146
Goebbels insisted that not only "posterity but also the present world" should hail
the fiihrer for rescuing Western culture from the "abyss of total destruction" by
saving Germany from bolshevism. He alleged that in Russia "godless .
Goebbels insisted that not only "posterity but also the present world" should hail
the fiihrer for rescuing Western culture from the "abyss of total destruction" by
saving Germany from bolshevism. He alleged that in Russia "godless .
Page 151
Portraying the Spanish Civil War as the confirmation of their recent forewarnings
about the boundless Bolshevik threat, the Nazi leaders used this 1936 Congress
to once again counterpose bolshevism and National Socialism as "the great ...
Portraying the Spanish Civil War as the confirmation of their recent forewarnings
about the boundless Bolshevik threat, the Nazi leaders used this 1936 Congress
to once again counterpose bolshevism and National Socialism as "the great ...
Page 446
Throughout this time he sought to accuse others and vindicate himself for the
fiasco of the Reich's crusade against bolshevism. Hitler castigated the Western
Powers, especially England, for forcing the two-front war that he had worked to ...
Throughout this time he sought to accuse others and vindicate himself for the
fiasco of the Reich's crusade against bolshevism. Hitler castigated the Western
Powers, especially England, for forcing the two-front war that he had worked to ...
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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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