... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... This shows that more people supported the Nazis anti-Weimar regime than any of the centrist parties and the widespread support of the party was undoubtedly taken into account by President Hindenburg, despite his personal dislike of Hitler. Added to this is the dramatic growth in ... chancellor. The fact that Hitler became chancellor however was by no means solely down to the fact that they were perceived to be the most popular party. Hindenburg's advisors and his previous chancellor, Von Papen, believed that Hitler could be controlled and by believing this, drastically underestimated his ...

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... . Hitler recovered from his injuries and joined a militia of veteran soldiers put in charge of keeping communist groups in check. Hitler was put on task of watching a small political group called the "German Worker's Party." He realizes through watching them that their beliefs match his own, so he decides to quit the ... military and join this group in hopes to use it to push him to the political top. The group was mainly the same as other communist groups around at the time ... but with an overhaul of anti-semitism. In 1923 the Germany economy crumbled into a mass of inflation. This is...

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... they had the same opinions and he was a great speaker, Hitler joined because he decided that he could make this small group into a big political party and change the way Germany is. Every month they held a public meeting, they had invited people but hardly anyone showed up. After many attempts to ... the meetings, many of these were ex-soldiers or unemployed people unhappy with the government. Other political groups were looking for members, especially the German Communist Party. Hitler thought that the communists were all part of a Jewish plot to take over the world and this is why he ha...

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... Regiment. He fought courageously and was promoted to corporal. After serving four years in the trenches, he was temporarily blinded by a gas attack in 1918. While Hitler was recovering some communist-inspired trouble took place. Some of the leaders for these acts were Jews. It was these acts that brought on the hatred of Jews. Between 1918 and 1919 Hitler worked ... at a prisoner of war camp. He too witnessed a take over by communists. He was then asked to be part of a political party and after some thought, Hitler agreed. He became their seventh official. He was put in charge of public...

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... that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. With doctrines both totalitarian and nationalistic in nature, this movement was held and put into effect by the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NAZI) under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. Nazism was based upon the ideology of National Socialism, which incorporated fascism and totalitarianism into a regime that attempted to alleviate Germany ... 's turmoil after World War I. The party had many intentions; military conquests, expansion of Germany's borders, oppose political positions and create the superior German race in both a physical and ...

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... died in December 1907. This brought tremendous sorrow to Hitler. He then joined the German Army and began attending meetings of the Nazi party. This was a turning point in Hitler's life that brought on the insanely power hungry side that he is most famous for today. Hitler took ... over the Nazi party renaming it NSADAP. He attempted to overthrow the Bavarian government by force which gave him a prison sentence of five years. While in prison, ... his book Mein Kamph (My Struggle) and was released after 6 months. Upon his release he discovered that the Nazi party was disassembling so he ...

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... attacked political opponents in the streets in the streets and drove elected officials from office. Hitler had the Brownshirts. They forced German voters to vote for the Nazi party. He also had the Gestapo. They arrested the Jews and sent them to concentration camps. Stalin too had his own group. It was called the secret police ... King Emanuel III just made him Prime minister to call it quits. In 1922 Stalin came to power as secretary general of the Communist party. He exiled Trotsky and sent him somewhere so that he can kill him. All of these men had their own political parties. Mussol...

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... dictatorships in the history of World War II that has threatened so many people's lives in the Holocaust as well as known for his Nazi Party of Germany is Adolf Hitler. In his 1925 book Mein Kampf, Hitler also discusses the idea of influence of the massive nation will fall under ... who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the ladders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them ...

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... , and in Hitler's case, introducing a scapegoat to blame. It is possible that Mussolini came to power ten years before Hitler because the Weimar government was in control and the Nazi party hadn't been organizationally formed yet; only a small group of men which included Hitler were inspired by Mussolini's rise and motivated to achieve the same. Both Italy and Germany were the ... worsened, the appeal of the Nazis was far more effective than that of other parties; the Nazis were the one group which claimed to have all the answers. The Nazi party offered simplistic but appealing solutions...

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... . This made the German public fed up with how things were going. German people had lost all hope in the Weimar republic, and started looking for a radical change, brought forth party radical parties the communists and the nazis. As a result of 1929, Hitler became remarkably popular. He made promises to the military and to industrialists saying that he would return Germany ... home on the battlefield. The middle class resented the loss of income, savings and security as a result of the collapse of the economy, they were also attracted by Hitler's ant-communist views. But all classes were ...

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... longer used, even more cruel punishments are awarded for the scapegoats of these prosecutions in today's world. The Holocaust is a grave example of a new age witch-hunt. The German political party, led by Adolf Hitler, needed someone to blame for their loss and damages in World War I. The rich and the ones in power seemed like the perfect target. The majority ... back to back in a continuous race for power and domination in technological advancement. In the United States this race took an interesting turn. The government labeled everyone belonging to the Communist Party as an enemy. If ...

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... of England, inspired his people with great courage and a vow to never give up fighting for his land. Stalin, at first, was allied with Germany, but he later led his communist country to helping win the Eastern Front. For America, there were many great heroes and many great military leaders. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General George Patton were two of these ... end, they came up short and did not have as much supporting characters. Adolf Hitler took control of Germany in 1933 and established a totalitarian state under the National Socialist Workers Party (Nazi) control. His rise to...

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... , Hitler, Mussolini was able to use propaganda to sway the minds of the Italian people. He issued what was to be taught in schools and anyone who disagreed with his party or its ideas was eliminated. He used strict censorship to limit other political parties from trying to rise into power. Mussolini gave himself the name "Il Duce" or "the Leader ... continued to expand on them in his own way. Although Mussolini did have fascist ideas, he was not as radical as Adolf Hitler. Hitler brought fascism into an entirely different party and called it Nazism. Although the ideologies behind fascism...

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... von Hindenburg controlled the power in Germany at this time; however, Hitler could not be ignored because his mass Nazi movement had become a great size in the government. Hitler's party had 230 out of 608 seats in the Reichstag in the July 1932 elections. Understanding that Hitler's presence was too great to be ignored, Hindenburg offered Hitler and the Nazi ... 1934 is astounding." The rapid transformation was brought about by a combination of pseudo-legal measures, terror, manipulation, and willing collaboration. "By February 28th Hitler had convinced Hindenburg that the communist me...

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... the axis powers split Yugoslavia into two separate pieces, pinning one side in conflict and war against the other. By the end of WW II a man named Josip Tito, a Croatian Communist created a pact between the two fighting sides. This lasted until 1960 when Tito granted Muslims a distinct ethnic status in society as an effort to put them on equal grounds with ... was to involve themselves in mass murder and the raping of women. In both Germany and Bosnia there was a formation of some kind of party that would eventually try to take over. In Germany it was the "Nazi Party" and in Bosnia it w...

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... a new cause. Hitler passionately believed that Germany had to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism. In 1920, Hitler joined a small political group called The National Socialist German Workers" Party, Nazi for short. Within a short time, Hitler's success as an organizer and speaker helped to gain for him the title of the leader of the Nazi ... party. The Jews from all over Europe didn't know what was going to change their lives forever. The Nazis skillfully used their control over the Jews to shape the public opinion. ... . Hitler was a German Nationalist who disagreed...

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... towards Chancellorship. By 1933, the Germany Parliament had been dissolved, Hitler had been made the president and chancellor of Germany, and the Nazis were by far the most popular political party in Germany. Hitler joined the Nazis after WWI and become their seventh member. After trying unsuccessfully to seize power quickly and illegally, Hitler was thrown in Prison where he wrote ... his famous book, Mein Kamp. After serving only a fraction of his sentenced imprisonment, Hitler returned to the Nazi party and decided it was necessary to obtain power through legal steps. This became inc...

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... associating with a Jewish man. Reynolds reports this on his return to Berlin, but he does not name the Dodds in order to protect them. Dodd receives an invitation to a Nazi party rally in Nuremberg, but he fears that his attendance would imply approval of Nazi policies. He speaks to the other ambassadors, and it is agreed that none of them will ... Winogradov that will be most influential in her future. Winogradov is ostensibly a secretary with the Soviet embassy, but in actuality he is an operative with the secret intelligence agency of Communist Russia....

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