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 45
Even before 1914 , under the late Second Empire , some of whose diehard
conservatives had either condoned or embraced political anti - Semitism , these
Jewish middle classes had backed parliamentarization as advocated by left
National ...
Even before 1914 , under the late Second Empire , some of whose diehard
conservatives had either condoned or embraced political anti - Semitism , these
Jewish middle classes had backed parliamentarization as advocated by left
National ...
Page 246
Besides running into bitter Soviet resistance , by late November he was
confronted with bad weather as well . Temperatures fell to at least minus twenty
degrees centigrade , disabling motors and automatic weapons . Worse still ,
without ...
Besides running into bitter Soviet resistance , by late November he was
confronted with bad weather as well . Temperatures fell to at least minus twenty
degrees centigrade , disabling motors and automatic weapons . Worse still ,
without ...
Page 405
By late November 1941 , these POWs and local construction workers had built
facilities to hold about 20 , 000 prisoners . Eventually , by late 1943 , these
facilities held four or five times that many inmates . But by then most of the
detainees ...
By late November 1941 , these POWs and local construction workers had built
facilities to hold about 20 , 000 prisoners . Eventually , by late 1943 , these
facilities held four or five times that many inmates . But by then most of the
detainees ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in History |
| Authors | Arno J. Mayer, Mayer. Arno J. |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394571541, 9780394571546 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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