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 274
... victims are estimated to have been Jewish , with , over time , a rising proportion of women , children , and the aged among them . Close to half of the victims were murdered by the commandos of Einsatzgruppe A in the Baltic countries ...
... victims are estimated to have been Jewish , with , over time , a rising proportion of women , children , and the aged among them . Close to half of the victims were murdered by the commandos of Einsatzgruppe A in the Baltic countries ...
Page 377
... victims suffered their dehumanization in terrifying silence . The executioners ordained and enforced the way of perdition , leaving the victims no choice but to bend to their mortifying yoke . There were no bonds of common humanity ...
... victims suffered their dehumanization in terrifying silence . The executioners ordained and enforced the way of perdition , leaving the victims no choice but to bend to their mortifying yoke . There were no bonds of common humanity ...
Page 452
... victims and to making what they consider precise estimates of the number of Jewish deaths . But exact precision , which the existing data cannot sustain , is not necessary to establish the monstrous nature and equally monstrous general ...
... victims and to making what they consider precise estimates of the number of Jewish deaths . But exact precision , which the existing data cannot sustain , is not necessary to establish the monstrous nature and equally monstrous general ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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