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 94
As of the last quarter of the nineteenth century anti-Semitism became an overt
issue in the preachings of literati and politicians seeking to mobilize the real or
self-styled losers of capitalist industrialization to hold and drive back the forces of
...
As of the last quarter of the nineteenth century anti-Semitism became an overt
issue in the preachings of literati and politicians seeking to mobilize the real or
self-styled losers of capitalist industrialization to hold and drive back the forces of
...
Page 97
institutions, Hitler's Mem Kampf would have been of no greater political
consequence than the writings of the right-wing paralogi- cians of the late
nineteenth century. Almost from the very beginning the Nazi discourse could
neither be read nor ...
institutions, Hitler's Mem Kampf would have been of no greater political
consequence than the writings of the right-wing paralogi- cians of the late
nineteenth century. Almost from the very beginning the Nazi discourse could
neither be read nor ...
Page 119
What mattered was that the new chancellor was generally perceived as having
moved quickly and skillfully to turn the fire to political account, thereby both
impressing and intimidating his conservative associates. Even though they had ...
What mattered was that the new chancellor was generally perceived as having
moved quickly and skillfully to turn the fire to political account, thereby both
impressing and intimidating his conservative associates. Even though they had ...
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Contents
Historical Signposts | 3 |
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The Final Solution in History |
| Author | Arno J. Mayer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394571541, 9780394571546 |
| Length | 492 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Holocaust History / Military / World War II |
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