It is undoubted that Adolf Hitler has become the quintessence of hate and prejudice. Nonetheless‚ he remains one of the most influential leaders if history. Following his ascent to power‚ he successfully oversaw the genocide of millions of Jews‚ Gypsies‚ and homosexuals‚ while earning the respect and loyalties of the German nation as well as other countries. By optimizing his adroit oration abilities‚ he eventually convinced the entire German nation to follow him whole-heartedly and began a world
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implied by ’totalitarian fascism’. Totalitarian means a type of government that does not permit rival political gatherings and requests absolute compliance from the general population and‚ autocracy implies ruler who has complete force . The Nazi Party had as its expectation the formation of what we would see as a totalitarian tyranny‚ yet the vital inquiry is the means by which far they accomplished this objective. The Third Reich was a totalitarian state as in it was a ’one gathering state’. A law
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Introduction Ever since World War Two‚ when the dictators Hitler and Stalin rose to power‚ a new form of government has become ever more prevalent‚ both in popular culture and real life (Arendt). Through a singular ideology and extensive propaganda campaigns‚ totalitarian governments control the populace as completely as they are able‚ discouraging individual thought and criticism of their regime (Laqueur). Although relatively young in conception‚ the idea of a controlling‚ near-omnipotent government
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of each of the following in the rise to power of Hitler: ideological appeal; underestimation by opponents; propaganda. The historical debate surrounding the causal factors of the rise of the Nazi state in Germany by 1933 is fierce. Marxist historians‚ emphasising the idea that Nazism was no more than capitalism’s most extreme form‚ tend to view Hitler as a puppet of big business. Others‚ including renowned scholars such as AJP Taylor stress the idea that Hitler and the Nazi’s were a product of
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comprehensive socio-political system. Mussolini happily used the word‚ and while in general it usefully describes Nazism and Stalinism‚ Hitler avoided its use and Stalin saw it as applicable to Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany but not to Russia. The concept gained wider currency and became prominent in schoolbooks during the post-1945 Cold War period. It was at that time that it was defined more fully‚ notably by US historians Carl Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzezinski in Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy (1956)
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Rise of Hitler The impact of WW1 was crucial to Hitler’s rise to power After WWI‚ Adolf Hitler‚ politician and leader of the Nazi party‚ was able to steadily gain political support‚ leading to his ultimate reign as chancellor of Germany and casting the world into the turmoil of WWII. Some argue that it was mostly WWI that was crucial to Hitler’s rise to power. However‚ Hitler’s rise to power cannot be contributed to one event‚ but rather a number of factors‚ including events happening outside
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Germany‚ Italy‚ and the Soviet Union. The totalitarian regimes of the 1920’s-1930’s. These regimes‚ although in different areas‚ shared a common goal; total control. In order to achieve this these regimes would need to gain the support of the people. Adolf Hitler was said‚ “Burn into the little man’s soul the proud conviction that though a little worm‚ he is nonetheless part of a great dragon.” I believe these regimes accomplished Hitler’s goal in this quote by using techniques; some different and
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Adolf Hitler was one of the most influential people in the shaping modern history. However‚ he could not have accomplished his goals of being the dictator that we know him as today. He had help from one of the most well known political parties from any government. So how did Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party orchestrate one of the most dramatic rises to power in human history? The beginning of the Nazi party started in with a group of socialists in Munich‚ Germany. The original name for the party was
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‘By 1943‚ Mussolini had created a totalitarian regime in Italy’. Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. (24 marks). Most historians have suggested that Mussolini had not created a totalitarian regime in Italy by 1943 due to the fact that Fascism remained a secondary belief for the majority of Italy‚ superseded by religion. However Mussolini did achieve a totalitarian state in some respects. For example‚ his use of propaganda was successful in propagating the idea of the ‘Cult of
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“Analyze the Rise of Power of a leader of a single-party state” This essay will analyze Stalin’s rise to power through the study of four main elements‚ which can be denominated as situation in the USSR‚ Stalin’s personal strength‚ the weaknesses of Stalin’s enemies and the role of luck and opportunities. Thanks to all four of them it was possible for Stalin to reach to the power of one leader of a single party. The tradition of autocratic rule gave the advantage of the situation to Stalin‚
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