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 58
... radical political and syndical action , they did so primarily through the Bund . Closely tied to the Menshevik Party , the Bund stood for a social democratic society with equal rights and cultural autonomy for Jews . In late 1917 the ...
... radical political and syndical action , they did so primarily through the Bund . Closely tied to the Menshevik Party , the Bund stood for a social democratic society with equal rights and cultural autonomy for Jews . In late 1917 the ...
Page 145
... Radical Socialists in support of the Third Republic , which faced a swelling right - wing fronde . The foreign- policy imperative of Stalin and the political exigency of Maurice Thorez , the leader of the French Communist Party , soon ...
... Radical Socialists in support of the Third Republic , which faced a swelling right - wing fronde . The foreign- policy imperative of Stalin and the political exigency of Maurice Thorez , the leader of the French Communist Party , soon ...
Page 343
... radical Ausrott- , -schaltung [ exterm- , elim - ination ] of Jewry . " This , he maintained , was the proper context in which to view the " military burden in the east , " where the Axis powers were " carrying out what was in the ...
... radical Ausrott- , -schaltung [ exterm- , elim - ination ] of Jewry . " This , he maintained , was the proper context in which to view the " military burden in the east , " where the Axis powers were " carrying out what was in the ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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