... genocide, or mass killing of a specific group of people, in a movement known as the Holocaust. How did Hitler gain the support of so many Germans and turn a liberal democratic government into a totalitarian dictatorship? How did Hitler convince people that he was the right man to lead Germany to victory? Germany's chaotic period worked to Hitler's benefit and allowed him to make severe ... money decreased so greatly that the normal household item was over four million marks to purchase. This unrest was taking place under the control of the Weimar Republic. Eventually, this government ta...

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... it involved the total subordination of the individual to the state, and the strict control of all aspects of life. Thus total war led to the establishment of history's first totalitarian society, with Germany leading the way in this enterprise.17 Many steps had to be taken in order to accomplish this goal. The free-market capitalism was abandoned and the ... planned economy was adopted. Government planning boards were created in order to prioritize and decide what was to be produced and consumed.18 In his annual message to the Congress in 1942, president Franklin D. Roosevelt ... in th...

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... a crisis caused by rising unemployment, substantial inflation, famine, allied control, and outrageous war reparations. Moreover, the growing dissent in Germany caused by the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Government's failure to restore order prompted the rise of one of the most dangerous leaders in history - Adolf Hitler. He and his political party, the Nazis, drew popular support. Hitler promised ... extreme sum of money, the Weimar Republic began taxing its already impoverished people. When tax revenue failed to meet the needs of the annual payments to the Allies, the Weimar Gove...

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... sacrifice democracy in exchange for strong leadership. This happened in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. The new government set up in Germany in 1919 was the Weimar Republic. This government had a big problem, it did not have the full support of the Germans, for millions of them viewed the ... Weimar government as traitors because they signed the treaty of Versailles. Germany during the war simply printed more money to pay for the ... war-- therefore the money began to collapse after Germany's defeat in 1918, and had what is called super inflation. Most Germans simply blamed th...

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... to over 3,000 members. In 1923 the party's membership had exploded to over 55,000 members. With this many members Hitler thought that he would be able to overthrow the government of Bavaria and eventually Berlin. This movement was called the "Beer Hall Putsch." The results of it were drastic. Hitler and several other leaders of the party ended up in ... was appointed chancellor (Prime Minister). He quickly moved toward a dictatorship, outlawing civil liberties and all political parties except the Nazi Party. It did not take long for them to establish a totalitarian government. Hitler al...

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... to over 3,000 members. In 1923 the party's membership had exploded to over 55,000 members. With this many members Hitler thought that he would be able to overthrow the government of Bavaria and eventually Berlin. This movement was called the "Beer Hall Putsch." The results of it were drastic. Hitler and several other leaders of the party ended up in ... was appointed chancellor (Prime Minister). He quickly moved toward a dictatorship, outlawing civil liberties and all political parties except the Nazi Party. It did not take long for them to establish a totalitarian government. Hitler al...

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... of unemployment completely. The people who voted for the Nazis were not just the unemployed. Many employed people also voted communist. They wanted a government who could seize control of banks and businesses, to take their money and spread it between the poor. It is highly likely that many ... Stalin the Russian population was beaten into servitude. He chose his victims with stony ruthlessness eliminating millions of enemies, both real and imagined. All totalitarian regimes demand "total" control of the society and its economy by dictatorial power and this is what Stalin gained, total co...

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Joseph Stalin was one of the most infamous leaders of all time. His cruel policies got the attention and fear of the entire world. Stalin was one of the first totalitarian rulers. He had the power to control every aspect of life in the Soviet Union, and he took advantage of it. He obviously did not care for the lives of ... Gulag the laborers were worked to death. Stalin ruled by use of terror and secret police. He used collectivization of farmland, where small farms were combined into larger farms under government control. Villages were rebelled, setting fires to crops, smashing machines, a...

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