Hitler vs Stalin
The Best of the Worst How is evil measured? One of the most discussed topics of the century has been the contrast between the command of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Both leaders have had a massive impact not only in their country’s history, but also in society itself. Hitler and Stalin wanted to obtain the well-being of their country and people, but it is their attempt to achieve this victory is what truly made history. Their tactics ranged from concentration camps to mass murders and wars. Both have an endless list of crimes to their name, yet there are numerous factors to consider when determining who was worse.
Heil Hitler! Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party, who sought to exterminate or impose segregation upon "degenerate" and "asocial" groups that included Jews, homosexuals, Romani, blacks, the physically and mentally handicapped, Jehovah 's Witnesses and political opponents to maintain the supposed purity and strength of the German race. The persecution of these groups led to a systematic murder known as the Holocaust, which was the genocide of approximately six million Jews and millions of other people deemed racially inferior. The Holocaust was divided into different areas of extermination: concentration camps including transit camps, forced labor camps, and death camps; ghettoes; experimentation in the victims; etc. Hitler was a power-blinded monster, but to the members of the Nazi Party, he was a hero. (‘’INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST’’)(‘’The Holocaust’’) Adolf Hitler used his extraordinary power not only to push evil, but also good policies as well. The dictator was the inventor of highways and the Volkswagen (people’s car) since he wanted all of his citizens to own a car regardless of their financial state. The Nazis were also the first to link smoking to cancer, since Hitler was vigorously anti-smoking. Before coming into power in 1933, mass unemployment crippled the German’s economy. When the Nazi Party took over, it provided
Heil Hitler! Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party, who sought to exterminate or impose segregation upon "degenerate" and "asocial" groups that included Jews, homosexuals, Romani, blacks, the physically and mentally handicapped, Jehovah 's Witnesses and political opponents to maintain the supposed purity and strength of the German race. The persecution of these groups led to a systematic murder known as the Holocaust, which was the genocide of approximately six million Jews and millions of other people deemed racially inferior. The Holocaust was divided into different areas of extermination: concentration camps including transit camps, forced labor camps, and death camps; ghettoes; experimentation in the victims; etc. Hitler was a power-blinded monster, but to the members of the Nazi Party, he was a hero. (‘’INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST’’)(‘’The Holocaust’’) Adolf Hitler used his extraordinary power not only to push evil, but also good policies as well. The dictator was the inventor of highways and the Volkswagen (people’s car) since he wanted all of his citizens to own a car regardless of their financial state. The Nazis were also the first to link smoking to cancer, since Hitler was vigorously anti-smoking. Before coming into power in 1933, mass unemployment crippled the German’s economy. When the Nazi Party took over, it provided
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