How totalitarian were Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany? Giovanni Amendola first coined the word ‘totalitarian’ when describing the Italian Fascist government under Benito Mussolini in 1923 as different to conventional dictatorships. It is after this that the word was popularised to have both negative and positive connotations. However‚ German theorist Carl Friedrich and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski collaborated to formulate a modern day politically scientific definition known as the
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Nobody can disagree with the fact that George Orwell’s vision‚ in his book 1984‚ didn’t come true. Though many people worried that the world might actually come to what Orwell thought‚ the year 1984 came and went and the world that Orwell created was something people did not have to worry about anymore. Many people have wondered what was happening in Orwell’s life and in his time that would inspire him to create this politically motivated book. A totalitarian world where one person rules and declares
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racial or people’s community. Hitler attempted to institute the Volksgemeinschaft so that he would have less resistance as an absolute ruler‚ and he enforced it mainly through the actual and perceived presence of the Geheime Staatspolizei‚ or the Gestapo. The implementation of the Volksgemeinschaft was largely effective‚ though there were some unexpected and unwanted consequences as a result of Nazi methods. The people’s community of Nazi Germany was an attempt to unify the German people‚ or what
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1925 as an elite bodyguard‚ due to Hitler’s uncertainty regarding the loyalty of the SA‚ or Sturmabteilung. The SS had several functions‚ the first of these being as an internal security service. The SS police‚ the SD‚ worked in conjunction with the Gestapo to perform arrests and often interrogations by way of torture‚ and murder on citizens who were viewed as opponents of the
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To make sure that no one was plotting against Hitler and that communism and other parties were wiped out he had the SS and his secret police‚ the Gestapo. Germans feared them and without any help from other parties and only Hitler to run their country they did what they only could without being killed and supported him. Without the SS and the Gestapo Hitler wouldn’t know if people were plotting against him. So if there had have been other parties then others would have feared the police and they
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Most Nazi Propaganda was ineffective. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement. The Nazis used propaganda to a great extent in Germany. It was impossible to escape and millions of ordinary Germans came across Propaganda every day. Not all the propaganda in Nazi Germany was successful but I believe that overall propaganda was massively successful in gaining Hitler and the Nazis support and influencing Germans with Nazi ideas and attitudes. By dominating all aspects of society many Germans
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The Holocaust & How It Changed Our World Forever The tragic events that occurred during world war two and the holocaust were not only horrific but also morally wrong. The Jewish culture was targeted for mass genocide‚ by the hand of a mad-man bent on world domination‚ and the only way to prevent another incident like this from happening again‚ is to thoroughly educate the public. The actions and events that Hitler and his followers proposed not only helped the world realize the extent
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Knives other leading figures of the SA were killed by SS members‚ accused of plotting to overthrow him. Hindenburg commended Hitler for clamping down on treason and the army‚ too was pleased with Hitler. After Hindenburg’s death Hitler established the Gestapo which infiltrated anti-Nazi organizations and sent their leaders to concentration camps‚ destroying them. Hitler also agreed with other parties that they would remain in existence provided they stayed out of politics. This allowed the Nazis to take
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Norman Mailer once said “For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger that yourself.” In plain English this true quote means in order to be a hero you must deal with forces out of your control‚ inconsequential if you fail or succeed. This quotation validly is proved by the life of Oskar Schindler. Schindler tried to face an incredible force larger than himself: the Nazis. The largest force Schindler had to overcome was the Nazis party. The Final
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Immanuel Kant’s moral theory can be best explained by comparing it to a math equation. Kant’s moral system will always hold true no matter what the circumstance just like how two plus two will always equal four. According to Kant‚ our lives should be lived according to maxims that can be willed into universal law (Kant‚ Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals‚ p 303). However the action regarding a moral decision is not judged by the consequences of that action‚ rather by the motive
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