Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in HistoryThis major work presents a radically new view of the origins of the Nazi slaughter of the Jews. Mayer argues that though Hitler was always viciously anti-Semitic, the genocide was not part of his plan from the start. Instead, it was triggered when the Nazi's massive campaign against Russia began to founder. Mayer places what Hitler called "the Final Solution" in historical context, examining both the prewar political situation in Europe that made it possible, and some analogous, if much less horrific, events in the distant past. The result is an important and provocative new answer to one of the most pressing questions facing historians today: How could such an enormity have come to pass? |
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... Barbarossa was torn . On the one hand , guided by an expansive imperial ideal , he proposed to unite all German lands and to push southward to Italy and the Mediterranean . On the other , Barbarossa encouraged feudal devolution , hoping ...
... Barbarossa was torn . On the one hand , guided by an expansive imperial ideal , he proposed to unite all German lands and to push southward to Italy and the Mediterranean . On the other , Barbarossa encouraged feudal devolution , hoping ...
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... Barbarossa's reign . Two years later he abandoned this pro- ject for the opera Siegfried , in which the chief protagonist conveys Wagner's confused ideas , rooted in his vision of Barbarossa , about Germanic folk heroes and universal ...
... Barbarossa's reign . Two years later he abandoned this pro- ject for the opera Siegfried , in which the chief protagonist conveys Wagner's confused ideas , rooted in his vision of Barbarossa , about Germanic folk heroes and universal ...
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... Barbarossa's legendary though currently untended resting places . Perhaps unwittingly , Hitler embraced ideas that were consonant with the Barbarossa reign and saga . In Mein Kampf he claimed to " take up again where things had been ...
... Barbarossa's legendary though currently untended resting places . Perhaps unwittingly , Hitler embraced ideas that were consonant with the Barbarossa reign and saga . In Mein Kampf he claimed to " take up again where things had been ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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