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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By this time Himmler had gone far to “ rationalize ” the concentration camps ,
bringing all of them under the control of the SS . His man Eicke was in command
of all camp commanders , inspectors , and guard units . Between late 1935 and
the ...
By this time Himmler had gone far to “ rationalize ” the concentration camps ,
bringing all of them under the control of the SS . His man Eicke was in command
of all camp commanders , inspectors , and guard units . Between late 1935 and
the ...
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The inmates of all these camps , as well as of those in Old Germany , by this time
were mostly foreign resisters and war prisoners . In addition , the stresses and
strains of war quickened the deterioration of material conditions in the camps ...
The inmates of all these camps , as well as of those in Old Germany , by this time
were mostly foreign resisters and war prisoners . In addition , the stresses and
strains of war quickened the deterioration of material conditions in the camps ...
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and Administrative Office of the SS ( the WVHA ) , which now subsumed the
Inspectorate of Concentration Camps . ... with monumentalizing its project , with
license to use concentration - camp labor in carrying out these grandiose
endeavors .
and Administrative Office of the SS ( the WVHA ) , which now subsumed the
Inspectorate of Concentration Camps . ... with monumentalizing its project , with
license to use concentration - camp labor in carrying out these grandiose
endeavors .
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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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