How Did Adolf Hitler Inspired Joseph Stalin Rise To Power
The twentieth century was a time of great change. There were peaks and valleys. Good times and bad times. Prosperity and famine. Life and death. A major factor in this rollercoaster was the constantly evolving leadership of the in countries of power. Although new the technologies developed solved many everyday problems, extreme radical political ideologies were still a major issue. Three leaders, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, were notorious for their harsh policies in the twentieth century. Each of the leaders had successes and failure. Unfortunately, the large amount of lives lost under their control outweighed any benefits they brought to their countries. However, Adolf Hitler was by far the worst, because of the manner he
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However, due to the harsh tactics his followers, the Nazi party, used to carry out these murders, he is by far the worse dictator. In the beginning, Hitler quickly rose to power due to his well-developed orating and leadership skills. Hitler primarily promoted economic development and the rebuilding of the German Empire. While boldly proclaiming Germans as the superior race, Hitler also casually mentioned the Jews “stabbed [Germany] in the back” during War World II and blamed them for the German downfall (Rummel 3). Years later, these roots of anti-Semitism developed into the genocide of the Jewish people. Nazis’ extreme dedication to the party became similar to a cult, because the members followed groupthink, a type of irrational thinking that occurs when members of a close-knit group put the group’s agenda above what they as an individual believe is morally right or wrong. Jews were forced out of their houses into concentration camps where they were brutally killed by gas chambers, disease, and starvation. Hitler oversaw the murder of 20,946,000 people due to “genocide, murder of hostages, starvation, terror bombing” (Rummel
However, due to the harsh tactics his followers, the Nazi party, used to carry out these murders, he is by far the worse dictator. In the beginning, Hitler quickly rose to power due to his well-developed orating and leadership skills. Hitler primarily promoted economic development and the rebuilding of the German Empire. While boldly proclaiming Germans as the superior race, Hitler also casually mentioned the Jews “stabbed [Germany] in the back” during War World II and blamed them for the German downfall (Rummel 3). Years later, these roots of anti-Semitism developed into the genocide of the Jewish people. Nazis’ extreme dedication to the party became similar to a cult, because the members followed groupthink, a type of irrational thinking that occurs when members of a close-knit group put the group’s agenda above what they as an individual believe is morally right or wrong. Jews were forced out of their houses into concentration camps where they were brutally killed by gas chambers, disease, and starvation. Hitler oversaw the murder of 20,946,000 people due to “genocide, murder of hostages, starvation, terror bombing” (Rummel