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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By late 1944 every fifth worker in the Reich was non - German , although there
had of course been foreign workers in the German labor force ... On the average ,
the productivity of the Reich's foreign workers was about 75 to 80 percent that of ...
By late 1944 every fifth worker in the Reich was non - German , although there
had of course been foreign workers in the German labor force ... On the average ,
the productivity of the Reich's foreign workers was about 75 to 80 percent that of ...
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In mid - April 1943 Sauckel promised Hitler that by the year's end he would recruit
an additional 1 million workers from Russia , 150,000 from Poland , and 450,000
from western Europe , or a total of 1.6 million . However , with the Axis on the ...
In mid - April 1943 Sauckel promised Hitler that by the year's end he would recruit
an additional 1 million workers from Russia , 150,000 from Poland , and 450,000
from western Europe , or a total of 1.6 million . However , with the Axis on the ...
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Thereafter , he relentlessly pushed both Sauckel and Pohl to increase the supply
of captive foreign workers and to systematically exploit them in the hope of
overcoming Germany's refractory labor shortage . Five days after the Wannsee ...
Thereafter , he relentlessly pushed both Sauckel and Pohl to increase the supply
of captive foreign workers and to systematically exploit them in the hope of
overcoming Germany's refractory labor shortage . Five days after the Wannsee ...
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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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