Other political groups were looking for members, especially the German Communist Party. Hitler thought that the communists were all part of a Jewish plot to take over the world and this is why he hated them. ... Because Hitler knew people disliked the German Communists, he could use this to get more people join the Party. ... When Hitler spoke a fight had broken out and this is exactly what he had wanted to happen because he could then blame the communists for the fight. The communists were out numbered and thrown out of the hall. ...

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For example, three main parties during this time were the Nazi Party, the Communist Party, and the Fascist Party. ... Also, numerous conservatives were worried about a Communist takeover, because, by 1930, the Communists polled more than six million votes. ... Furthermore, Stalin's rule of his Communist Party also exemplified totalitarian values. ... This group attacked Communists, socialists, and other individuals who were thought of as enemies. ... True examples of totalitarianism were evident from the Nazi Party and the Communist Party. ...

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Due to their leftist ideas, they were clearly not in Hitler's good book and as a result, Hitler's Nazi regime arrested thousands of communists during the Reichstag Fire. ... In Mao's Communist China, the Hundred Flowers campaign was launched as a means of letting the intellectuals in China speak out. ... However, things got out of hand as Mao's CCP (Chinese Communist Party) realized that their power was being undermined. ... In China, a thought reform movement was undergone to eliminate the ideas of capitalism that were a threat to Communist China. ... It is clear that thou...

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Germany had after the Treaty of Versailles (Political Deal making), the great depression of 1929 (Germany at the time), and the fear of Communist rule in Germany, which increased the Nazi followers (Nazi Popularity). ... The fear of Communist rule in Germany made followers turn to the Nazi Government. "Ultimately, it may well be that the frightening prospect of the Communist rule was the key factor which led so many powerful groups to lend support to the opposite extreme, personified by Adolf Hitler."" ... These conditions include Germany's Political deal making after WWI, the horrific si...

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They began to speed up Communist takeover by launching violent strikes. Anti-communists in these countries quickly began to vote for other parties, leading to the decline of their influence. As the communist influence decreased, the economies rose. ...

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On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag caught fire and a Communist - Maurinus van der Lubbe - was noticed in the incident. ... These laws allowed the Nazi's to break of Communist activity and arrest communist activists. No one, even till now, knows for sure how the fire was ignited, but the Nazi's used it against the Communists. ...

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It is common knowledge that the communists were the biggest threat to the Nazis in the political situation at that point. Therefore, they were seen as a major threat to many people, and therefore, any poster or information that my increase peoples" fear and dislikes of the communists would essentially help the Nazis. Source 41 is a great example of how to sway peoples" minds and give people (negative) images of the communist party. It plays on peoples" negative emotions towards the communists, and therefore is a perfect example for negative cohesion. ...

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Given their common bond with the Soviets who are also Slavs, it was little surprise when Yugoslavia emerged as a communist state. ... Until this point in time, every communist state had without exception supported the Soviet Union. ... Had the Soviets played a major role in removing the Germans, there is no doubt in my mind that Yugoslavia would have been behind the "Iron Curtain" like the rest of the communist states for the majority of the cold war. ... Many westerns at first cheered the news that Tito was giving the Soviets trouble, but were surprised to discover that Yugoslavia was stil...

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He saw the carnage of two world wars, the destruction of empires through revolutions in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Russia, the surfacing of mass communist and fascist movements throughout Europe, the misery of the third Reich, the division of Germany and the cold war. ... In particular I would like to satisfy the question, was Brecht a communist? ...

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The Nazis blamed the Communists & persuaded the President to declare the state of emergency which gave Hitler more power. ... Without his propaganda & speeches, the citizens would not have known the Nazis, and the Nazi Party would not have the support of the people, and without the support of the people, the Reichstag fire would not have been quite useful in framing the communists to gain support in the election, & Hitler may not have been able to persuade the president to declare a state of emergency & therefore may not have been able to become a dictator & therefore may not have been able...

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Although the U.S. was staying neutral, they had done many things to help the allied powers and diminish the possible communist takeover being sought by the axis powers. The three communist leaders were Benitto Mussolini, dictator of Italy, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, and Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union. ...

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THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM There was an anti communist hysteria in post war Europe following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. ... The threat of communism gained the fiercely anti communist Fascist parties a lot of powerful allies including the Catholic Church and the rich Industrialist. ... The Fascists emerged as a bulwark to communism and in Italy Mussolini's Blackshirts broke up Communist strikes and in1933 Hitler used the threat of communism to pass his Enabling act. ... Communist strikes e.g. ...

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Hitler blamed the cause of this incident on the communists, or those who were against his ideas. ... This allowed him to ban communists and socialists in taking part in election campaigns. He then formed a policy called the Reichstag Fire Decree, which meant he could suspend basic individual rights for Jews and communists, and have Nazis legally intervene into private life. ... Jews, communists, and protestants were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to these camps for committing "crimes" such as possessing banned books. ...

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For example, these banners were used when Hitler ordered a mass meeting to be held in the heaviest communist quarter in Berlin at the Pharus Hall. ... Many members of the communist party KPD, attended this meeting that caused problems. ... Mass meetings influenced the Germans to see Germany out of Hitler's eyes, except for the Communists, which mostly resulted in violence. ... In the song Wessel mentions how the Nazi party will march and fight against the communists and how there will be so much pride once Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. ...

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In the Soviet Union, Lennon lead the communists to power in 1917. ... The Soviet Union tried to expand and spread communism while the United States practiced containment, constantly checking communist growth. ...

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Hundreds of thousands of victims were confined to concentration camps because they were simply Jews, Slavs Gypsies, Social Democrats or Communists. ... In the ten years Hitler's hatred towards the Jews grew and his hatred expanded on to Communists and other political factions and he became obsessed with the notion of the ideal master race, the Aryan race that excluded any ethnic minorities and political opposition and included only pure Germans. ... Conclusion In total the German Nazi leaders established 22 Concentration camps and hundreds of extension camps throughout Germany, Austri...

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Nationalism was one of the main cause of the Vietnam war because The United States initially entered the Vietnam War to aid the French but it was nationalism that caused the both the Communist North and American's to continue the war. I think the most important causes are the divide between the capitalists and communists. ...

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The influence and impact of multiculturalism can be seen everywhere in modern Australian society. The concept of multiculturalism first came about after World War 2 when a flood of Jewish and displaced people came to Australia to begin a new life, but it was not official made a policy until 1973. To...

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German people had lost all hope in the Weimar republic, and started looking for a radical change, brought forth party radical parties the communists and the nazis. ... The middle class resented the loss of income, savings and security as a result of the collapse of the economy, they were also attracted by Hitler's ant-communist views. ...

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Hollan, and France. By June 14, France had surrendered and Hitler was making plans to invade Great Britain. Hitler played the role as a General in WWII all though he didn't know much about stratagies he knew alot about weapons and made sure his soldiers used them effectively. On June 22, 1941 ove...

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How did Hitler become chancellor . Hitler whilst in prison realised that violence was not the way to gain votes in the elections and so decided that they would win power by democratic methods instead of trying to gain it by force. Propaganda was an important way of winning votes. Propaganda was t...

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Both leaders considered themselves the passage to recovery from the war. They both had visions of making their country strong and powerful again. Mussolini failed to win widespread support of his country. However, economic conditions worsened, thus it gave him a rapid popularity increase. This kind ...

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END OF WORLD WAR TWO AND PEACE SETTLEMENTS By 1943, mistrust had developed between the Soviet Union and the western Powers. They could not agree on such problems as the post-war treatment of Germany and the future of occupied Soviet territories on the Baltic and in Eastern Europe. The Soviets ...

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POWER According to the Webster Dictionary, power is defined as a possession of controlling influence by mental or physical qualities. Power is also the ownership of authority. I believe that power can be achieved when someone holds superiority to another. Mentally powerful people are usually c...

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The holocaust attends to an ideology which includes fascists doctrines, racial hate and the identification of the Jews as capitalists and communists in Germany, but most of all, Jews were blamed for the deep financial crisis the country was affected bye. ...

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