A household name, Hitler led the genocide, or mass killing of a specific group of people, in a movement known as the Holocaust. ... As Germany yet again sunk into chaos, they were desperate for a leader who could rescue them. ... Germany was eager for an energetic leader who they thought could save them, and Hitler was the chosen one. ... The Germans sincerely thought that Hitler was the right leader for their country. ... From here on, Hitler made the Germans think that if the other religions in Germany were exterminated everything would be better, so he led the country in the Holocaust movem...

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Hitler Youth In the early beginning of the Nazi movement many organizations were formed. ... As the Nazi movement expanded and gained more power the name was changed in 1926 to the Hitlerjugend by suggestion of Rudolf Hess. ... When Schirach became leader of this group he asked Hitler to allow him to create an independent youth movement. ... "In 1938 there were over 300,000 full time leaders, and 720,000 part time leaders." ... They intern would pass on the Nationalism, and ideas of the Nazi movement. ...

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This came in the form of fascism, an ideology in which the individual is dominated by an all-powerful state under the control of one supreme leader. ... By the mid 1920's Adolf Hitler was the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party. ... Most importantly, Rosa Luxemburg and fellow Spartacist Communist leader Karl Liebknecht were murdered, stripping the communists of their leaders. Not only did the failed and fruitless rising influence people further from the communists, due to such unreliable politics, but the loss of both leaders suppressed the communist movement such that they didn't re...

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With the death of its strongest postwar leader, it broke down into numerous, independant, competing units, which often didn't last long enough to be placed on the list of sebversive organizations issued by the U.S. attorney general. ... Shortly after joining, Hitler became a leader of the group. ... Also included in that cost is the price paid in suffering endured by the German people under Hitler and after his death.The most tragic aspect was of the National Socialist reignwas the systematic murder of approximately 6 million European Jews. ter the war a small neo-Nazi movemen...

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The film exalted Nazism by portraying it as a movement which promoted German unity. ... Hitler deemed it very significant to project a representation of unity because of the removal of Hitler's paramilitary which included the killing of Ernst Rohm the paramilitary leader. During his early years as Chancellor and later Fuhrer (Leader), Hitler was consolidating his power, thus, Nazi propaganda during the era was solidifying his leadership. Reflecting on this, the idea of national unity seen in the Nuremberg Rally has a definite purpose to single out Hitler as the people's leader. .....

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Fascism as a political totalitarian movement of the right was born in Italy in 1919 with the name Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, meaning Italian Fasces of Fighting and by 1923 the Fascist movement came to power after the so-called 'March to Rome'1 and very soon after, under the dictatorial government of Benito Mussolini took complete control of society.2 In these years, the passion for nationalism on which the Fascist ideology was based found breeding sites everywhere in the world where the wounds of the Great War were still open. ... By 1926 Mussolini passed a law that declared h...

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Totalitarian Governments use the people in a total movement to achieve a goal. ... Russia was falling way behind the rest of the world, and with the death of Lenin they were looking for a new leader. The single party system made it easy for a totalitarian style leader to take hold of the reigns of power. ... The socialist movement was in full effect, and factory workers and peasant were taking over factories. ... Their dictators all came into power legally and used the support of the lower classes as a basis for takeover and movement towards a common goal. ...

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When a leader of the Socialist party, Giacomo Matteotti, spoke out against the Fascists he was kidnapped and found murdered. ... The movement he produced he called "fascism." ... A belief in leaders: good politics sees not representatives expressing the desires of those below but leaders who command; the goals of a country are imposed by leaders of vision from above. ... Prominent members of C18 are leader Paul David "Charlie" Sargent, Steve Sargent and Mark Atkinson. ... Blood & Honour sees its role as uniting the nazi skinhead movement. ...

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Hitler's attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic by force was a humiliating experience for Hitler and the Nazi movement. ... This time Hitler would not allow his central authority to be undermined by alliances that required consulting with other leaders. ... Hitler quickly responded by garnishing control of the SA as the supreme leader to avoid once again being banned by the government. ... Since Hitler's release from prison, coalitions, were always loosely tied for the purpose of maintaining total control of the movement. Hitler's Nazi movement had developed a very fo...

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The Rise of Mussolini "I am fascism," said Benito Mussolini, and indeed, the success of the Italian fascist movement depended heavily on his leadership. ... After the war, these groups formed the base of Mussolini's fascist movement. ... The explanation of their success is to be found less in the strength of the fascist movement itself than in the Italian disappointments after the war and the weakness of the older governing classes. ... Mussolini assumed the dual position of prime minister and party leader (duce), and he used the party's militia to eliminate his enemies by...

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Mussolini, a former socialist journalist, organized the first fascist movement in 1919 at Milan. ... This newly created system of government (corporate state in Italy), was one of strong rule and one all-powerful leader, a Superman', who was to be upheld unquestionably. ... The success or failure of fascist's movements could be linked to the leader's personal charisma. Both Hitler and Mussolini managed to impress their respective nations with the help of an elaborate system of propaganda (Goebbles and Staracy), and in this manner the cult of the leader was emphasised. ... In g...

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He seized total power in Germany by elevating himself to the position of FÜHER, or absolute leader of the German nation and its people. ... Later, Mussolini centralized all power in himself as the leader (il duce) attempting to create an Italian empire in alliance with Hitler's Germany. He founded the Fasci di Combattimento, a nationalistic anti liberal, and anti socialist movement that attracted mainly the lower middle class. ... His Fascist movement started by his belief that the proletariat should unite "in one formidable fascio- (bundle), preparatory for seizing power. ... With their...

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Like any other leader, Hitler recognized that for absolute control of the nation, he would have to have the support of the people. ... The people wanted a new dominant leader, and Hitler needed a credulous nation. ... To do this, he needed an influential organization to orchestrate a mass youth movement. The years 1933-1938 were the most significant years for the youth movement in Germany. ... He would have to understand National Socialism, and the thinking of the movement. ...

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There are various ways in which single-party leaders of the past have managed to strengthen their power, but what is tantamount is the strengthening of their power domestically, which has proven to be the most vital item on the agendas of two of the twentieth century's most famous single-party leaders; Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong. These two men, leaders of fascist Nazi Germany and Communist China respectively, both sought to make sure that within the borders of their nations, every citizen followed their rule. ... Once in power, any single-party leader must find means to quiet down the op...

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A leader is someone who uses his or her intellect to guide others. Some leaders change the lives of people drastically and go down in history, whereas other leaders cause little change and fade into history and are forgotten forever. ... It was a fascist movement with roots in European Nationalism and socialism. Hitler in the early 1920s was named the leader of the Nazi Party. ... There was a massive amount of people who wanted to join the Nazi movement; so many that memberships had to be frozen. ...

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Communist parties were pushing their labour movement on to the people that inevitably made a large portion of the middle classes shift further to the right. ... Adolf Hitler left the army and joined the German Workers" Party (DAP) as the fifty-fifth member and soon became its leader. ... Adolf Hitler was the leader of the uprising with the support of Ludendorff. ... Although he only served eight months he wrote a book addressed to Rudolf Hess (who later became the deputy leader of the Nazi Party) titled Mein Kampf (My Struggle). ... Many people believed that this was the end of the Nazi Moveme...

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There were however several groups which resisted the Hitler Youth movement. ... For what once led the German army to victory was the sum of the confidence which the individual and all in common had in their leaders. ... At a party rally in Weimar in July 1926 Hitler established the Hitler Jugend (HJ) or Hitler Youth, with Baldur von Schirach as leader. ... The task of the education of the whole German youth in the Hitler Youth is given over to the Reich Youth leader of the NSDAP. ... The Hitler youth movement gave young adults an extreme amount of power, which they abused. ...

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I really don't understand how a leader can attack his own country and harm his own people, but it shows that the Nazi's would do anything to get what they want and would not care who they harmed. To save their zoo and help protect the underground movement, the Zabinski's would agree to "lend" their animals to Lutz Heck. ... In order to protect the headquarters of the underground movement, the Zabinski's decided to turn the zoo into a pig farm. ... The underground movement did not only carry out sabotages but as Ackerman explains they also provided the proper docu...

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This movement was called the "Beer Hall Putsch." ... Hitler and several other leaders of the party ended up in prison. ... During the next few years Hitler had slowly rebuilt the party, and in 1926 he made himself the leader and also began to build his own military. ...

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The second movement was from Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna until he died in 1910. ... Hitler soon became the leader of what is called the Nazi party. ... The Nazis wanted a new leader but thirteen Nazis, during the march were shot and killed. ...

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This movement was called the "Beer Hall Putsch." ... Hitler and several other leaders of the party ended up in prison. ... During the next few years Hitler had slowly rebuilt the party, and in 1926 he made himself the leader and also began to build his own military. ...

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Portrayed as both extremely intelligent and charismatic, Derek entices many young whites, to join the movement. ... As punishment for submitting an essay on Hitler's Mein Kampf for an assignment on a civil rights leader, Principal Sweeney ordered Danny to attend a daily history seminar with him entitled "American History X". ...

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(Allen 153) So how did the local Nazi leaders take control of their towns? ... The Hitler Youth Movement was brilliant because not only did it win the support of the youth, but also it created a state of fear that was needed to keep power. ...

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Many new political pressures arose during the rise of the New Social Movements and the level of comfort that the world had gotten used to by living under the old world order would be drastically changed by new social reformatory ideas with radical and lively leaders steering them into the 21st century. ... Also, democratic leaders with democratic ideals ruled Britain, France, and the USA while Germany and Italy were led by military dictatorships that placed the constitutional leaders in the sidelines. ... It is a situation like this that will foster, nurture, and raise a new leader among a ...

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He had discovered that the appeal of anti-Semitism was a most powerful tool and it was now when Hitler set about by introducing "a creation of a mass movement and his climb to power" (source 1). ... "With former army leaders on his side, Hitler felt the time had come for direct action." ... (Source 4) He told them men that he was to be the new leader of Germany and offered them jobs in his new government. ... He did not like Hitler however, and wanted a more "moderate" leader for his Germany. But "there was no moderate leader who could bring together enough of the votes in the Reichstag to rul...

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