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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... taken from Hungary . Greater Rumania also included 400,000 Russians and 600,000 Ukrainians , the bulk of them in Bessarabia , taken from the Soviet Union . As for Rumania's Jewish population , with the territo- rial extension it rose ...
... taken from Hungary . Greater Rumania also included 400,000 Russians and 600,000 Ukrainians , the bulk of them in Bessarabia , taken from the Soviet Union . As for Rumania's Jewish population , with the territo- rial extension it rose ...
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... taken seriously . Goebbels fantasized that since that meeting " well over one hundred Communist revolts " had taken place in different countries , including in France , Poland , Greece , Brazil , Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay , Chile ...
... taken seriously . Goebbels fantasized that since that meeting " well over one hundred Communist revolts " had taken place in different countries , including in France , Poland , Greece , Brazil , Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay , Chile ...
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... taken away under the most inhumane conditions . After being assembled in internment camps , " the physically and spiritually broken people were taken to deportation trains to be crowded 70 to 80 into a freight car , in many cases ...
... taken away under the most inhumane conditions . After being assembled in internment camps , " the physically and spiritually broken people were taken to deportation trains to be crowded 70 to 80 into a freight car , in many cases ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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