Adolf Hitler Vs. Malcolm X: The Infamous Propagandas

Adolf Hitler vs. Malcolm X: The Infamous Propagandas

In the comparison and contrast between the two films, Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl’s and Malcolm X by Spike Lee, both films are based on the lives of two notorious leaders. Adolf Hitler, founder of the Nazi Party, was known to be a great speaker. At the time of the German war, many were distraught and his words became something to look up to. Hundreds followed as he began a movement of his political and religious beliefs and the fanaticism ideas that he possessed. On the other hand, there is Malcolm X, a civil rights leader, was also known as a great speaker and an inspiration to countless African Americans today. In the state of racism against blacks, Malcolm X, along with others set out on a quest impose on others equal rights, justice, freedom and the practice of Islam. I will continue this by comparing and contrasting key elements essential to this essay: Christianity vs.
Hitler took his act of violence out on the Jews. He ordered that the Jews be removed from their homes leaving everything, and be moved to concentration camps where they were isolated from the rest of the world. Hitler than ordered for them to work and anyone who was too old would be killed because they were of no use. These hateful crimes didn’t stop there, they continued with any disobedient Germans. Hitler made it so that if any Germans were harboring a Jew, once found, the Jew will be killed along with the Germans that sheltered them. In comparison, Malcolm in pursuit of obtaining freedom and justice, proposed violence. He stated, “It doesn 't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time, I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don 't call it violence when it 's self-defense, I call it intelligence.” He thought that it was the right for an individual to own a shotgun or rifle and use it when felt attack. He saw this as the law for