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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Page 59
Capitalist modernization began to erode the economic viability and cultural self -
containment of these communities well before the Great War . More and more
young Jews learned Russian , acquired new skills , and either looked or stepped
...
Capitalist modernization began to erode the economic viability and cultural self -
containment of these communities well before the Great War . More and more
young Jews learned Russian , acquired new skills , and either looked or stepped
...
Page 366
The four crematoriums , numbered II through V , began to operate at different
dates between March 23 and June 25 , 1943. Crematoriums II and III were built
partly underground , each complex consisting of fifteen ovens and a daily
capacity of ...
The four crematoriums , numbered II through V , began to operate at different
dates between March 23 and June 25 , 1943. Crematoriums II and III were built
partly underground , each complex consisting of fifteen ovens and a daily
capacity of ...
Page 434
rity risk and , as we shall see , the SS began with the removal of Jews from
Carpathian Ruthenia and northern Transylvania , the two provinces that were
most immediately threatened by advancing units of the Red Army , which at one
point ...
rity risk and , as we shall see , the SS began with the removal of Jews from
Carpathian Ruthenia and northern Transylvania , the two provinces that were
most immediately threatened by advancing units of the Red Army , which at one
point ...
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Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in History |
| Author | Arno J. Mayer |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0679728996, 9780679728993 |
| Length | 508 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General |
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