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Why did the heavens not darken? : the "final solution" in history

Author: Arno J Mayer
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1988.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Examines the Nazis' anti-Semitic intentions which led to a plan called "the Final Solution" and places the plan in the context of European history.
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Mayer, Arno J.
Why did the heavens not darken?
New York : Pantheon Books, ©1988
(OCoLC)654303067
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Arno J Mayer
ISBN: 0394571541 9780394571546
OCLC Number: 17803505
Language Note: English.
Description: xv, 492 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 24 cm
Contents: The golden age --
The East European rimland --
The syncretism of Mein Kampf --
The founding and consolidation of the Nazi regime --
Expansion and war, 1938-40 --
Conceiving operation Barbarossa --
The miscarriage of Barbarossa --
Wannsee --
Waging war to the death --
Auschwitz --
The extermination sites --
In the Maelstrom of final defeat.
Responsibility: Arno J. Mayer.

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Examines the Nazis' anti-Semitic intentions which led to a plan called "the Final Solution" and places the plan in the context of European history.

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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/24535089#Topic\/genocide<\/a>> # Genocide<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Genocide<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/108342120<\/a>> # Arno J. Mayer<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Mayer<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Arno J.<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Arno J. Mayer<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/238359930<\/a>> # Deutschland Wehrmacht<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Organization<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Deutschland Wehrmacht<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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