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 69
Rumania ' s seasoned political class , led by lon Bratianu , was equally grasping
and confident of French support . It was unexceptional that as one of the victors
Rumania should have taken the southern Dobruja from defeated Bulgaria .
Rumania ' s seasoned political class , led by lon Bratianu , was equally grasping
and confident of French support . It was unexceptional that as one of the victors
Rumania should have taken the southern Dobruja from defeated Bulgaria .
Page 107
It reflected the essentially religious and cultural anti - Semitism of the late tsarist
empire , which had taken the form of residential restrictions , quotas , blood libels
, and pogroms . Influenced by Alfred Rosenberg , a Baltic German driven out of ...
It reflected the essentially religious and cultural anti - Semitism of the late tsarist
empire , which had taken the form of residential restrictions , quotas , blood libels
, and pogroms . Influenced by Alfred Rosenberg , a Baltic German driven out of ...
Page 362
Jews and Gypsies were taken to Auschwitz because they were Jews and
Gypsies , which meant that the Jewish and Gypsy inmates , unlike all the others ,
were men and women of all ages , including infants , children , and the aged , as
well ...
Jews and Gypsies were taken to Auschwitz because they were Jews and
Gypsies , which meant that the Jewish and Gypsy inmates , unlike all the others ,
were men and women of all ages , including infants , children , and the aged , as
well ...
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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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