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 349
... mass murder remained all - pervasive . At Auschwitz and Majdanek , which were at one and the same time concentration camps and annihilation centers , the hyper- exploitation of inmates for war production was anything but spuri- ous . Of ...
... mass murder remained all - pervasive . At Auschwitz and Majdanek , which were at one and the same time concentration camps and annihilation centers , the hyper- exploitation of inmates for war production was anything but spuri- ous . Of ...
Page 386
... mass gassing in an asylum in Mo- gilev . In this instance a group of Soviet mental patients were as- phyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes in a hermetically sealed room connected to the exhaust of a truck . Whatever the drawbacks , group ...
... mass gassing in an asylum in Mo- gilev . In this instance a group of Soviet mental patients were as- phyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes in a hermetically sealed room connected to the exhaust of a truck . Whatever the drawbacks , group ...
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... mass gassing of " unproductive " and " burdensome " civilians , above all Jews . As we have seen , some- time in November 1941 SS Captain Herbert Lange , the veteran of the euthanasia program in Poznań province , was asked to head up ...
... mass gassing of " unproductive " and " burdensome " civilians , above all Jews . As we have seen , some- time in November 1941 SS Captain Herbert Lange , the veteran of the euthanasia program in Poznań province , was asked to head up ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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