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 210
All officers were required to decide instantly whether or not to shoot individual
suspects behind the lines , while commanders of battalion level were made
responsible for seizing hostages for collective retaliation wherever individual
terrorists ...
All officers were required to decide instantly whether or not to shoot individual
suspects behind the lines , while commanders of battalion level were made
responsible for seizing hostages for collective retaliation wherever individual
terrorists ...
Page 214
As for Eicke , during the week preceding the attack , he repeatedly briefed his top
officers about the impending struggle between National Socialism and “
Judeobolshevism , ” insisting that he expected his officers and men to fight
without ...
As for Eicke , during the week preceding the attack , he repeatedly briefed his top
officers about the impending struggle between National Socialism and “
Judeobolshevism , ” insisting that he expected his officers and men to fight
without ...
Page 282
With one exception , the officers who were imputed to have bungled Operation
Typhoon were cashiered or resigned . They were neither arrested and tried , nor
executed . Characteristically , von Rundstedt and Guderian were relieved of their
...
With one exception , the officers who were imputed to have bungled Operation
Typhoon were cashiered or resigned . They were neither arrested and tried , nor
executed . Characteristically , von Rundstedt and Guderian were relieved of their
...
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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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