... vulnerable state. The Great Depression and the Treaty of Versailles proved to weaken the once world super power immensely. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party offered a new direction for Germany. This vulnerable state helped aid Hitler in his grasp for power. However, Hitler and the Nazis had mass ... modern industrial society would be distributed" (Stackelberg, p. 64). The life that was taken in this battle was liberal democracy in Central Europe. Communist parties were pushing their labour movement on to the people that inevitably made a large portion of the middle classes shift further t...

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... closed. The middle class suffered, and many lost their savings. In this crisis situation, the radical ideas of the Nazis found a new prominence. The party rose from the ashes, winning thousands more votes. Their message hadn't changed, but the situation the German people were in had changed. Now more than ... in Neidenburg. In 1928, the NSDAP picked up 2.3% of the total vote. By the 1930 elections, this figure had risen to 25.8%. Communist and extreme-left parties also began to pick up votes. In this time of economic turmoil, voters began to turn to either the extreme ... strong leader...

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... they still followed similar philosophical beliefs. Furthermore, these beliefs all revolved around a form of totalitarian rule, just on different levels. Thus, Hitler's Nazi Party and Stalin's Communist Party were examples of true totalitarianism while Mussolini's Fascist Party also was indeed totalitarian, just of a lesser breed. Living from1889 to 1945, Adolf Hitler was a powerful leader who was the head of the ... alliance, and he allied with the Right Bolsheviks. Stalin then took political actions that took Trotsky out of the picture, and thus enabled Stalin to have control of the Com...

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... from the communists, due to such unreliable politics, but the loss of both leaders suppressed the communist movement such that they didn't recover. Both factors saw some support move from the communist party to the Nazi's and Hitler. Ultimately the murders resulted in one less party to oppose the Nazis. On the 28th June 1919 two government members of Germany went to ... weak and insufficient muddlings of the Weimar government. Propaganda played a large part in the popularity of the Nazi party. Every trick in the book was employed to express their anti-Communist fascist stance. Their use ...

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... a gift of projecting his personal frustrations. Defeat had brought more than humiliation. It caused inflation to rise every month. In 1920 the Nazi party had 193 members, half were laborers. The meetings often drew thousands. He borrowed the swastika symbol from a obscure political group in East In-dia ... word. Papen was vice chancellor and Hitler was chancellor. Within weeks of his appointment, Hitler persuaded President Hindenburg to call new elections. No party, including the National Socialist. Hitler wanted to change to in-crease the Nazis` number of seats. At the same time, he inv...

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... power domestically, which has proven to be the most vital item on the agendas of two of the twentieth century's most famous single-party leaders; Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong. These two men, leaders of fascist Nazi Germany and Communist China respectively, both sought to make sure that within the borders of their nations, every citizen followed their rule. They consolidated their ... indefinite arrest of people without trial. This was crucial to the Nazi regime because arrests were the most common form of oppression of the opposition. The SPD (Social Democratic Party) and the KPD (Commun...

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... of Germany where being stripped away, piece by piece. At first, they took away the rights of minority groups, such as the Communist and the Jews, then they took away the rights of trade unionist, and other groups until eventually the German citizens had no rights ... his government prohibited all Communists assemblies and Communist media. As well, outlawed meetings and rallies being held by the Social Democrats or had them smashed by the S.A., the Socialist press was also banned. Another group suffering the Nazi's wrath was the Catholic Center Party. While attempting to speak at a ... s...

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... after WW1 the Communists violently attempted to overthrow the government. Many people since then feared a communist takeover. Thus for the moderate German the Nazi Party only proved to be strong enough to prevent a communist capture of the country. Totalitarianism is government control over all aspects of a particular country and ... 1987) Hitler also stated what would happen to opponents of the regime. "The German people have been soft too long. Every communist official must be shot. All communist deputies must be hanged this very night. All friends of the Communists must be locked up a...

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... month after the invasion, the German army encountered little resistance and penetrated 600 kilometers into Soviet territory. Stalin and the Communist Party, while frantically trying to develop the inadequate Soviet war machine, issued a direct order to rural Soviets stating, " the Communist Party order the immediate mobilization of units of the People's Defense (Partisans) for the support of the Red Army according ... to the decree of Comrade Stalin." (Dixon 59). Aside from the Party's orders, the Partisan movement grew as a result of the German treatment of Soviet population. ... a rur...

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... party by stating "This absurd little organization with its few members seemed to me to possess the one advantage that it had not frozen into an "organization", but left the individual opportunity for real personal activity." Hitler gained even more support as membership increased to hundreds and eventually thousands of communist ... people. Hitler gained even more popularity with his symbol of the Swastika, an emblem that many anti-Semitic political parties wore. By the end of 1920, the party had grown to about three thousand members and Hitler ... Germany and was carried out by far mor...

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... party by stating "This absurd little organization with its few members seemed to me to possess the one advantage that it had not frozen into an "organization", but left the individual opportunity for real personal activity." Hitler gained even more support as membership increased to hundreds and eventually thousands of communist ... people. Hitler gained even more popularity with his symbol of the Swastika, an emblem that many anti-Semitic political parties wore. By the end of 1920, the party had grown to about three thousand members and Hitler ... Germany and was carried out by far mor...

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... Revolution. Why would there be a revolution in Russia? Revolution occurred for several long-term reasons at the hands of an incredibly angry nationalistic party. A revolution like this would not be seen in Fascism, Nazism, or anywhere else. First off, Russia was an autocracy with the Tsars ... complete power. They ruled for seventy-four years as a Communist dictatorship. Stalin How did Stalin become the leader of Russia after Lenin's death? Well, for starters, he positioned himself in a great position within the party as General Secretary. From his position he could find out pretty ... ...

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... of Communism pushed this through. These rejected Individual Rights and Freedoms as well as Self-Interest because people were not allowed to have their political party, their freedom of speech was taken away and they were not allowed to form assemblies. Hitler used "Suppression of Opposition" and ... property, the elimination of unions meant their rights as workers were disregarded. The people politically were not given any choice because of the one-party policy. Although he was successful, the way he achieved his goals does not justify the rejection of the Principles of Liberalism. Stali...

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... went to vote, he discounted Communists and Communist votes, he counted absentees as a vote in favour and made promises to the Catholic party which he did not intend to carry through. Using the act, Hitler banned the Communist party, before banning the formation of all other ... parties, banned trade unions and outlawed strikes, founded concentration camps and abolished the state government. 3. Essay I. How important was the role of propaganda in helping Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? In 1919, Anton Drexler formed the German Workers' Party. Hitler joined the party ... 1930, the Nazis...

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... that the Nazi party would assure jobs for workers and greatness for Germany. So in conclusion Hitler was proving to be a good organizer and politician. Hitler organized a private army of hoodlums who became known as storm troopers. They fought Communist and others who tried to break up the Nazi party. Hitler established many ... of these. For example, in October 1923, he had 15,000 Nazi party members with machine guns and rifles. Next, to identify these men as special Nazi ... debt had to be paid. Hitler added his old arguments to the question of the war debt payment plan. First of all ...

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... much confusion, Hindenburg had no choice but to make Hitler (very popular by then by people who supported him) the chancellor of Germany. The largest party, the Nazis, had taken control in 30 January, 1933. C) The Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Law and the Night of the Long Knives all ... was then a one-party state. Hitler became a dictator. After Hindenburg's death in 1934, Hitler cited himself "Fuhrer" - the absolute leader, since he was then the Chancellor as well as the President. On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag caught fire and a Communist - Maurinus van der Lubbe - was noticed in ...

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... . Germany had after the Treaty of Versailles (Political Deal making), the great depression of 1929 (Germany at the time), and the fear of Communist rule in Germany, which increased the Nazi followers (Nazi Popularity). All these conditions aided Hitler to rise into power in Germany, however, the ... smaller, but still important condition that enabled Hitler to rise to power was the boost of followers that the Nazi party had after 1928. The fear of Communist rule in Germany made followers turn to the Nazi Government. "Ultimately, it may well be that the frightening prospect of the ... Co...

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... nation. This was soon discovered as when the Great Depression hit both the world and Germany, Hitler and the Nazi party seized the opportunity to gain support through exploitation. Hitler seemed to "possess an uncanny intuition, which infallibly diagnosed the ills ... State organization. "Opposing the Nazi Government brought the risk of denunciation." The left wing communist party on the other hand was demolished by clever manipulation. When a former communist burnt down the Reichstag, Hitler convinced the nation that this event was proof that communists ... were a threat to Germany. A ...

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... in charge of propaganda. On February 27th 1933 the Reichstag building went up in flames. Hitler said that Marianus van der Lubbe, a Dutch, communist was the culprit. This resulted in the German people fearing a hostile take over from the Communists and therefore President von Hindenburg signed for an emergency ... recognized for that. Their demands caused great problems for Hitler, as it would entail provoking the army and affronting businesses that helped fund the party. The night of June 30th 1934, Hitler commanded the SS to apprehend and execute the SA leaders. Ernest Rhm along with h...

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... many speeches, this was his strength in turning people for him, his speeches were his most successful form of propaganda. Being able to gain Nazi party control and gain enough supporters, proves that he was an efficient user of propaganda. Hitler also had his own minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, ... they had done. In 1922 Lenin, the leader of the communist party had a stroke. Overtime his condition got worse and he became less involved in the party's affairs. When Lenin died in January 1924, it left two men in contention for the party's leadership. These two men were Joseph Stali...

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... consisting of a red field in the center of which was a large white circle containing a black swastika. In 1923 Hitler established the newspaper Volkischer Beobachter as the official daily party organ. As the German Communist party grew in strength the charecterized as a conspiracy of international jewish financiers. They also proclaimed their contempt for parliamentary democracy and agitated for a dictatorship. The nazis blamed the commnistes ... fot many incidents and made a pretext to suppress the Communist Party. Neitherparty offered organized resistance. All other parties were subse...

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... right-wing ideology, teaching him how to influence people. Hitler was appointed as Instruction Officer and given the task of introducing anti-Communist attitudes in selected officers and men. This was an important step for Hitler, since it constituted the first recognition of the fact ... the working class and to increase mass appeal. Hitler pushed Drexler aside and he took sole control of the party. Hitler took donations from anti-Communist businesses and with this money in December 1920 Hitler bought a bankrupt newspaper calledVolkischer Beobachter?. With this paper, Hitler ... passed...

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... trying to gain power would no longer work for the time being. In December 1924 he rebuilt his NAZI Party without interference from those government officials he had tried to overthrow. When the Great Depression Struck in 1929, he explained it as a Jewish-Communist plot. This explanation was widely accepted by many Germans. Promising a strong Germany, jobs, and a national glory, he attracted ... millions of voters. Representation of the NAZI Party in the Reichstag increased dramatically from 12 seats in 1928 to 107 seats in 1930. Hitler began to ... Reichstag and calling for new electio...

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... right-winged groups and his friend Ernst Roehm, a Bavarian staff officer. Roehm advocated the primacy of the military and wanted to incorporate the party's preliminary units called the SA or the Storm Troopers into his secret army. On the other hand Hitler insisted on the primacy of politics. ... was able to suppress it and jail sentences were issued to Hitler and other leaders of the movement. The failure of the putsch destroyed the party organization, and broke up influential ties between Hitler and other important people. Hitler used his trial to gain support and bring attention to hi...

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... media and their sense of nationalism. Hitler used political propaganda and media to make his way to power in Germany, which made the Nazi party the first totalitarian movement to use these aspects to gain power (336). In the S.A. Order 111 of Adolf Hitler, it is stated " ... did was by hosting public mass political meetings. Some of these mass meetings ended in violence or led to more violence between the Nazi party and other parties. At rallies and mass meetings banners that supported the Nazi's were carried in processions (349). For example, these banners ... the Pharus Hall. Hitler's...

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