... parties, 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 ... . Before this group gained power, Germany was suffering from the Great Depression, especially because of problems such as inflation and unemployment. Also, numerous conservatives were ...

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... 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 power by ... to the Nazi regime because arrests were the most common form of oppression of the opposition. The SPD (Social Democratic Party) and the KPD (Communist Party) were two opposition groups in Germany that had the majority of the support of the working class, who made up 45% of the p...

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... arouse the workers of Germany against Hitler. As soon as Hitler learned a of the fire, he blamed the communist. Van der Lubbe did have the communist sympathies, but he was not a member of the Communist Party There was no evidence that party members, let alone communist deputies in the Reichstag were part of a conspiracy to burn the parliament building. But Hitler used the fire ... to his won advantage. Claiming the communist were trying to overthrow the gov-ernment, he pushed through a state of emergency which suspended civil liberties protected by the Wermar Constitution "Free speech, ...

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... that encouraged the initial success of Hitler during the rise of fascism in Germany during the 1920's. January 5th 1919 saw an unprepared and badly staged Spartacist putsch, where the communist's led by 'Red Rosa' Luxemburg, captured the headquarters of the governments newspapers and the telegraph bureau. The Spartacist rising was easily crushed by the Freikorps. By January 15th ... the Spartacists were defeated completely, with one hundred (100) Spartacists having been killed, compared to only thirteen (13 ) Freikorps. Most importantly, Rosa Luxemburg and fellow Spartacist Communist lea...

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... arouse the workers of Germany against Hitler. As soon as Hitler learned a of the fire, he blamed the communist. Van der Lubbe did have the communist sympathies, but he was not a member of the Communist Party There was no evidence that party members, let alone communist deputies in the Reichstag were part of a conspiracy to burn the parliament building. But Hitler used the fire ... to his won advantage. Claiming the communist were trying to overthrow the gov-ernment, he pushed through a state of emergency which suspended civil liberties protected by the Wermar Constitution "Free speech, ...

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... helped the Nazis gained power was that 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 a person's life. A totalitarian state is usually ... to destroy & exterminate, nothing more! " (Middleton, D. 1987) Hitler also stated what would happen to opponents of the regime. "The German people have been soft too lon...

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... Blomberg, he told General Francisco Franco on 26th July 1936 that Germany would support his rebellion. Hitler justified his decision by arguing that he was attempting to save Europe from "communist barbarism". Another reason was that it brought Germany closer to Italy, a country that was also supporting the military uprising in Spain. Hitler also knew that a Nationalist victory would give ... the political left established in January of 1936 by Manuel Azaña to fight the national elections due to take place in February(Spanish). This included the Socialist Party (PSOE), Communist Party...

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... the leader of the Soviet Union. Upon Lenin's death, Stalin assumed political power is wanting to transform the USSR into a communist nation-state and also wanting the Soviet Union to industrialize. Stalin started his plan of turning the Soviet Union into a Communist state started when he implemented the first of many Five-Year Plans and changed their economy to command economy. Prior ... to own farmlands and decide what to produce was established through Lenin. Small private businesses were allowed to produce products and sell them to consumers. Turning the nation-state to a communist o...

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In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they ... that the rights and freedoms of the people 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...

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... 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 ... Germany and was carried out by far more horrendous situations. At the end of World War II, the monarchy was abolished and the communist party leader Marshal Tito proclaimed the country the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, and named himself the Prime Minist...

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... out order for Lenin and became his most trusted lieutenants. Stalin wrote articles in newspapers such as "The Star" and "The Truth," to spread communist influence. During the Russian civil war, Stalin received the order of the Soviet Banner, which was the highest military decoration in all of Russia. ... The Russian Social-Democratic Party changed its name to the Russian Communist Party and Stalin became one of five members of the newly founded political bureau. In 1922, the Central Committee elected Stalin as its ... secretary general and in late 1922; he was elected Secretary of the C...

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... Germany. These incidents include the great depts. 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 relative importance of these conditions, lay on ... 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...

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... 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 ... Germany and was carried out by far more horrendous situations. At the end of World War II, the monarchy was abolished and the communist party leader Marshal Tito proclaimed the country the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, and named himself the Prime Minist...

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... before the election, after heavy campaigning and national rallies, an arguably important factor to the first steps of Hitler's control occurred – the Reichstag Fire. Hitler, blaming it as a 'communist plot' saw for a Law for the Protection of the People and State to be necessary. Hindenburg passed this law, now banning any ... communist and socialist activity, with over four thousand thrown in prison and the Nazi Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung – SA) communist supporters up in the streets, creating an atmosphere of fear against the Nazi Party, silencing anyone who was to speak a...

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... rule independently of the Reichstag for 4 years. To get the act passed, Hitler used the SA to intimidate members of parliament when they 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 ... intimidate mem...

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... hatred. In Nazi Germany Joseph Goebbels was 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 decree for The Protection of ... against them and by doing this he gained their trust, he then exploited their trust by manipulating people into thinking that the Communists were coming for them. By using anti-communist propaganda he wou...

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... 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 ... World War I. The war debt had to be paid. Hitler added his old arguments to the question of the war debt payment plan. First of all he blamed Jews, and Communist, for Germany's defeat in World War I. He thought that now t...

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... Civil War in Spain, The U.S. also backed General Franco because of the large population of catholic in the U.S. and that the established Government was being backed by Stalin and the Communist. The Western Response to the events in Europe that were mentioned above can be broken into two significant responses. the American or U.S. response and the British response. First, the British ... first also backed by the Catholic church and the second reason was that the established Government was backed by Stalin. The U.S. had a strong Catholic population and an even stronger Anti-communist popu...

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... '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 the incident. The Nazi's took advantage and asked Hindenburg to allow them to stablize the situation by passing a few more laws. These laws ... allowed the Nazi's to break of Communist activity and arrest communist activists. No one, even till now, knows for sure how the fire was ignited, but the Nazi's used it against the Communists. This boosted their num...

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... or her beliefs without being caught by the Secret Police 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 decree for the Protection of ... the Reich) was passed. This abolished the Reichstag and changed the entire German constitution in Hitler's favour. It allowed him to become a dictator and completely outlaw his main o...

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... 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 ... Reichstag and calling for new elections on March 5th , 1933. Hitler and other high ranking Nazis hatched a plan to seize absolute power. They helped a Communist arsonist set the Re...

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... careless and evil Both would do whatever they thought was necessary to further their cause, with no remorse about what 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 ... was in exile in Mexico. Stalin felt that if he eliminated his only threat, that it would mean less opposition to his power. This gave Stalin full control over the communist party. Hitler was the other example of a bad person. He demonstrate...

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... not willing to return to that path, so when the last of the invaders and dissenters were repelled, the Bolsheviks took 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 ... those that did not accept Hitler's ideas and control, life could be quite unpleasant. As we see in every dictatorship, all other political parties were immediately banned. Leader of the Communist and Socialist ...

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... a sudden the support of the American's and the aid pans were withdrawn, Germany was again isolated and the economy was in crisis. The rise in Unemployment and a renewed fear of a Communist uprising gave Hitler's messages a new importance. People were again interested in the views of this extremist party. In a land where the government was struggling to control the economy, the people ... and more desperate, people were more and more ready to listen to the ideas of Hitler. When the great depression struck, many Germans accepted his explanation that it was a Jewish-Communist plot. He had ...

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... going through a revolution which led to the removal of the last Tsar, Nicholas the second. This then concluded to the Bolsheviks becoming in power and transforming Russia into a country with a communist ideology. The Western leaders despised the idea of communism to the point where they sent troops to help stop the Bolshevik revolution from occurring, but these efforts were to no ... the rest of the world and for this reason he hated Communism and Jews with a passion. He had come to this notion because he examined the high officials in the Communist government and he noticed that a numb...

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