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Nazism/Stalinism

I believe their similarities are more important.  They both wanted what they believed was best for their countries – to turn them into industrial powerhouses the ability to defeat any enemy on the battlefield.  The Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact they signed in 1939 was evidence of this.  They had mutual respect for each other, and they wanted to avoid an inevitable war (at this time).

They both rose to power by motivating a populace, building a platform based on targeted anger.  Stalin preferred to eliminate his competition by getting rid of the kulaks, targeting the peasants that were suppressing the Soviet industrialization process economically.  The Stalinist government was able to drum up support from the heavily populated urban centers, which were the lynchpin of his five-year plan, by attacking the agricultural workers and replacing farms with collective farms.

This plan worked surprisingly well.  While the rest of the world was thrown into chaos due to the Great Depression, it seemed like everybody in the U.S.S.R. had a job.  Stalin was able to consolidate power by completely removing right-wing influence from the government, and propel his position with industrialization goals being crushed.  The U.S.S.R. accounted for 18% of all the world’s manufacturing in 1938.  He was quiet but poignant throughout this process, being criticized by Lenin for “his rudeness and deviousness” (Heineman).  

Although Hitler’s legacy is cemented as possibly the worst dictator of all time, he was much more politically tactful than Stalin in his rise to power.  Much like the Soviets, the Germans were in economic trouble in the late 1920’s.  This left a huge power vacuum, and Hitler’s SS were more than willing to eliminate anyone who wanted to fill that void.  Just like Stalin had his kulak’s to blame for the Soviet economic problems, Hitler and the SS needed an enemy as well.  They chose the Jews, and blamed them for tainting the Aryan race, among other transgressions (Heineman).

Mirroring the Soviet unification of their, party under Stalin, Hitler was able to get the Enabling Act passed on March 23, 1933, expanding his (and the Nazi party’s) power and influence in Germany.  Also, much like Stalin, Hitler believed in elimination of any who may oppose him – even in his own party.  This led to the Night of the Long Knives, when he actually had his own brownshirts executed.  From this unopposed platform, he was able to redirect Nazi Germany’s industrial production, turning it into a war machine capable of starting World War II.

 

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