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 326
Paradoxically, this turn of events exacerbated the spiraling Nazi fury, for it
desensitized the population of the Third Reich to the sufferings inflicted in their
own midst on deported foreign workers, concentration-camp inmates and, above
all, ...
Paradoxically, this turn of events exacerbated the spiraling Nazi fury, for it
desensitized the population of the Third Reich to the sufferings inflicted in their
own midst on deported foreign workers, concentration-camp inmates and, above
all, ...
Page 327
But since most of the eastern workers were unskilled or semiskilled, Sauckel
increasingly looked to western Europe to supply skilled hands, if necessary by
impressment. Between April and July 1 942 Sauckel recruited well over 1 million
...
But since most of the eastern workers were unskilled or semiskilled, Sauckel
increasingly looked to western Europe to supply skilled hands, if necessary by
impressment. Between April and July 1 942 Sauckel recruited well over 1 million
...
Page 359
Just as Farben's overall work force doubled during the war, so the proportion of
foreign workers nearly doubled, to reach well over 80,000. Prisoners of war were
only half as productive as German workers, and camp inmates even less so.
Just as Farben's overall work force doubled during the war, so the proportion of
foreign workers nearly doubled, to reach well over 80,000. Prisoners of war were
only half as productive as German workers, and camp inmates even less so.
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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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