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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As for the felonies and crimes of German soldiers against enemy civilians , they
were not to be prosecuted unless they threatened to undermine military discipline
. In sum , while Soviet civilians were to be executed on mere suspicion , German
...
As for the felonies and crimes of German soldiers against enemy civilians , they
were not to be prosecuted unless they threatened to undermine military discipline
. In sum , while Soviet civilians were to be executed on mere suspicion , German
...
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In the meantime , the OKW and the OKH took it upon themselves to draft a special
directive for the treatment of enemy prisoners of war . Although it dealt with a
strictly military matter , it was infused with the same venom as all the other ...
In the meantime , the OKW and the OKH took it upon themselves to draft a special
directive for the treatment of enemy prisoners of war . Although it dealt with a
strictly military matter , it was infused with the same venom as all the other ...
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Although it was just short of midnight and there was need to drive home the
awareness that “ the enemy stood at Germany's gates , ” it was important not to
become “ hysterical . ” Instead , with its customary “ revolutionary élan , ” the party
...
Although it was just short of midnight and there was need to drive home the
awareness that “ the enemy stood at Germany's gates , ” it was important not to
become “ hysterical . ” Instead , with its customary “ revolutionary élan , ” the party
...
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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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