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 235
The widespread destruction in the occupied eastern territories and the mass
murder of the Jews may have been counterproductive and irrational in strictly
military terms , but this unsoldierly savagery and anti - Semitic fury were in
keeping with ...
The widespread destruction in the occupied eastern territories and the mass
murder of the Jews may have been counterproductive and irrational in strictly
military terms , but this unsoldierly savagery and anti - Semitic fury were in
keeping with ...
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 363
These cannot be ignored , although it must be emphasized strongly that such
defects are altogether insufficient to put in question the use of gas chambers in
the mass murder of Jews at Auschwitz . Much the same is true for the conflicting ...
These cannot be ignored , although it must be emphasized strongly that such
defects are altogether insufficient to put in question the use of gas chambers in
the mass murder of Jews at Auschwitz . Much the same is true for the conflicting ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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