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 349
At the outset Auschwitz and Majdanek were also meant to serve as outposts for
the implantation of the Thousand - Year Reich in occupied Poland and Russia .
This nexus of absolute war and deliberate mass murder remained all - pervasive
.
At the outset Auschwitz and Majdanek were also meant to serve as outposts for
the implantation of the Thousand - Year Reich in occupied Poland and Russia .
This nexus of absolute war and deliberate mass murder remained all - pervasive
.
Page 391
... during the Poznań parley in mid - July 1941 and in Wetzel ' s draft -
memorandum three months later . It is not clear who gave the order to make
Chełmno a site for the mass gassing of “ unproductive ” and " burdensome ”
civilians , above ...
... during the Poznań parley in mid - July 1941 and in Wetzel ' s draft -
memorandum three months later . It is not clear who gave the order to make
Chełmno a site for the mass gassing of “ unproductive ” and " burdensome ”
civilians , above ...
Page 406
The other 40 percent were killed by mass shootings and mass gassings , though
in which proportions remains uncertain . The bulk of the executions were carried
out in nearby forests . After the shooting of a group of Soviet POWs , most of the ...
The other 40 percent were killed by mass shootings and mass gassings , though
in which proportions remains uncertain . The bulk of the executions were carried
out in nearby forests . After the shooting of a group of Soviet POWs , most of the ...
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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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