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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nated by landed nobles and gentrified middle classes ; their governing classes
by civil and military service nobilities ; their foreign - policy establishments by
titled diplomats and political generals ; and their hegemonic institutions (
churches ...
nated by landed nobles and gentrified middle classes ; their governing classes
by civil and military service nobilities ; their foreign - policy establishments by
titled diplomats and political generals ; and their hegemonic institutions (
churches ...
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In socioeconomic terms , the Jewish communities of east and eastcentral Europe
were intensely lower - middle - class , the more so since their working classes
were artisanal rather than proletarian and their professional classes had sharply
...
In socioeconomic terms , the Jewish communities of east and eastcentral Europe
were intensely lower - middle - class , the more so since their working classes
were artisanal rather than proletarian and their professional classes had sharply
...
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sectors of big business used it as a stratagem to save capitalism than because
the old elites resorted to it to preserve their superannuated positions of class ,
status , and power . Perhaps Horkheimer's dictum should be revised to say that ...
sectors of big business used it as a stratagem to save capitalism than because
the old elites resorted to it to preserve their superannuated positions of class ,
status , and power . Perhaps Horkheimer's dictum should be revised to say that ...
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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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