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World History, Part 2 – Assignment 1: Worksheet What was totalitarianism and how was it implemented in similar and different ways in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union? Show the similarities an... d differences in the totalitarian regimes that were established in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Think about how the dictators came to power? How they ruled once they gained power? What did these societies look like before and after totalitarian regimes came to power? To help you organize your thoughts use a Venn diagram, draw it on a piece of paper and make notes. Totalitarian Regime Similarities Germany, Italy & Soviet Union 1. They were totalitarian regimes that were led by a single party strongly linked to state institutions. 2. They were led by a charismatic character with unlimited power. 3. They made intense use of propaganda and were the sole owners of the media. 4. They used the indoctrination of the masses to achieve a perfect society. 5.They used mechanisms of social control such as repression through a secret police. Similarities Germany & Soviet Union 1. They were both totalitarian. In other words, the state sought to control all aspects of society through its domination of youth movements, trade unions, media, and cultural organizations. 2. They both employed similar methods of political repression, with secret police (the NKVD, the Gestapo), violent purges and concentration camps. 3. They were both militaristic, investing large resources in the armed forces, and they both engaged in territorial expansion. Similarities Germany & Italy 1. Both countries experienced a collapse of the parliamentary democracy, and its replacement of a largely democratic dictatorship. 2. Mussolini and Hitler both proved that they deserved a chance to improve the economy and political crises. 3. They were both determined to be the sole leader. 4. Both attempted to build their support by employing a mixture of repression and propaganda. Similarities Italy & Soviet Union Both fascism and communism oppose the liberal democratic political framework (and possibly global capitalism, although communism is much clearer on that than fascism), and both wish to overthrow it through some kind of radical, “revolutionary” act. Differences Germany Nazi Germany was focused on racial nationalism, with a strong component of anti-semitism encoded into its political structure. Naziism has components of left wing social welfare (for ‘their race) but was essentially an extreme right wing movement. The definition of Germany was equal to where the ‘German race’ was supposedly from. Differences Italy Fascist Italy [Show More]

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