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 156
... concentration - camp system to be of use to the Nazi Behemoth . Unemployment had all but disappeared by the time forced - draft rear- mament got under way . In the face of a certain labor shortage , the idea took shape that the camps ...
... concentration - camp system to be of use to the Nazi Behemoth . Unemployment had all but disappeared by the time forced - draft rear- mament got under way . In the face of a certain labor shortage , the idea took shape that the camps ...
Page 288
... concentration camps and ghettos became the third source of forced labor , and will also be discussed in greater detail in the next chapter . Meanwhile , it is worth noting that the camps were of practi- cally no economic importance ...
... concentration camps and ghettos became the third source of forced labor , and will also be discussed in greater detail in the next chapter . Meanwhile , it is worth noting that the camps were of practi- cally no economic importance ...
Page 352
... concentration - camp universe , was all but absent even from this eleventh - hour defection . The willful mass killing of the Jews was part of the tightening vise of oppression that the Third Reich clamped on the Continent begin- ning ...
... concentration - camp universe , was all but absent even from this eleventh - hour defection . The willful mass killing of the Jews was part of the tightening vise of oppression that the Third Reich clamped on the Continent begin- ning ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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