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 360
... inmates who were assigned to the constantly replenished pool of unskilled , heavy labor at Monowitz was between three and four months . They either collapsed and died at Monowitz , or were returned as " unfit " to the SS for disposal at ...
... inmates who were assigned to the constantly replenished pool of unskilled , heavy labor at Monowitz was between three and four months . They either collapsed and died at Monowitz , or were returned as " unfit " to the SS for disposal at ...
Page 361
... inmates and subsidiaries kept growing . Auschwitz probably reached its ghastly peak in August 1944 , with some forty branches and a total of over 105,000 registered inmates not counting many thousands of unregistered Jews locked into ...
... inmates and subsidiaries kept growing . Auschwitz probably reached its ghastly peak in August 1944 , with some forty branches and a total of over 105,000 registered inmates not counting many thousands of unregistered Jews locked into ...
Page 425
... inmates from Ausch- witz to Gross - Rosen , Bergen - Belsen , Buchenwald ( including some of its satellite camps ) , Dachau , and Ravensbrück . This was the start of a wild whirl of brutal relocations ahead of the Red Army . The inmates ...
... inmates from Ausch- witz to Gross - Rosen , Bergen - Belsen , Buchenwald ( including some of its satellite camps ) , Dachau , and Ravensbrück . This was the start of a wild whirl of brutal relocations ahead of the Red Army . The inmates ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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