| Why is it that Germany's fascism lasted a relatively | | | | dared speak against their country even in the privacy |
| short time compared to Russia's communism? The | | | | of one's home lest their children let something slip at |
| regimes established under Hitler and Stalin were | | | | school.If you control people's thoughts, you control |
| incredibly similar with respect to the rise and control of | | | | them. Propaganda was an important tool used by both |
| the state. Both systems were based on entirely | | | | Germany and Russia. Hitler appointed a man by the |
| different ideology and goals. Hitler's Mein Kampf | | | | name of Joseph Goebbles to head the Ministry of |
| established the superiority of the German race and the | | | | Public Enlightenment in Germany. This man used |
| need to expand as wanted by God. Hitler wanted the | | | | newspapers, magazines, and radio to spread Nazism. |
| world. The government in Russia established by Lenin | | | | Even if a man bathed in thoughts of discontent at |
| was based on a book called Communist Manifesto by | | | | home, he was bombarded with propaganda in public, |
| Karl Marx, a call to the proletariate to unite and rebel | | | | and at the workplace. Banners hung from building, |
| against their selfish employers. It is my belief that Lenin | | | | posters on almost every sign or lamppost. Anyone |
| had entirely good reasons for doing as he did, and felt | | | | with a suspicious look on their face was first detained, |
| he was helping the world as apposed to Adolf Hitler. | | | | and the sent to a prison camp. It was no longer just |
| Immediately after Lenin's death, a man very much the | | | | desirable to be a Nazi considering the benefits like |
| same in nature as Hitler, Stalin, came to control the | | | | government contracts or being able to stand first in line, |
| Bolsheviks and throw Russia in a civil war in a quest | | | | but necessary for employment. Russia employed |
| for power. You now have two men of equal | | | | much the same tactics with much more emphasis on |
| aspirations soon to be in control of two very similar | | | | fear.Education was virtually unheard of in the early |
| governments.In any rise of power, there needs to be a | | | | years of Russia, but by 1933 children were guaranteed |
| period of careful planning requiring much thought. | | | | primary education. Huge problems resulted form the |
| These two men had very little history with which to | | | | ignorance and illiteracy, workers usually did not |
| work with which to model their revolutions. Times had | | | | intentionally break machines but did not know how to |
| been changing rapidly, technological improvements in | | | | use them. In official reports the reason for failure was |
| the fields of manufacturing, transportation, and | | | | terrorism by the Kulaks, rich peasants persecuted in |
| communication made this period of time very different | | | | the same way Germany's Jews. German education |
| from any other. Hitler spent his time imprison writing his | | | | was geared toward physical aspects and the |
| book, Mein Kampf, filling it full of warped ideas of | | | | fathering of children. Membership to the German Youth |
| conquest and superiority of one race over another. I | | | | for boys was compulsory by 1936. Emphasis was |
| think it is strange that such works would go unnoticed | | | | placed on physical fitness and team sports in these |
| with nobody left to watch a man with such dangerous | | | | youth groups. Outstanding youths went to Adolf Hitler |
| ideas. Lenin planned his revolution while in exile in | | | | schools for secondary education, and Order Castles |
| Switzerland. Then he made a deal with the German | | | | for future party leaders.Control of the economy and |
| government whereby he was hid on a train and | | | | war time planning was a must for both nations. A |
| passed through enemy Germany to Russia. The | | | | story likened to the fact that with Communism you |
| conclusions with respect to methods of acquiring | | | | must give your cows to the government and they give |
| power and controlling it when they did get it were very | | | | you milk back. With fascism, you got to keep your |
| much the same.Both rulers had full run of their | | | | cows and gave the milk to the government. Both |
| respective governments. Stalin was already dictator of | | | | systems were command economies and state |
| Russia with his power and loyalty of the people | | | | controlled. Contingency plans were constantly drawn |
| guaranteed by the secret police, the Cheka. This entity | | | | up and updated to fit new circumstances. Both nations |
| provided Stalin with an easy means of destroying the | | | | were preparing for war. Germany was going to rule |
| opposition and weeding out the undesirable to be sent | | | | the world, Russia only wanted to defend herself from |
| to prison camps in Siberia, a virtual death sentence. For | | | | Capitalism.The resulting governments evolving from the |
| Hitler to ascend to that level of power he rammed the | | | | two different systems of thought were very similar. |
| Enabling Act through the German Congress which | | | | But as one can see, the aspirations were radically |
| gave him the power to enact laws. Under Article 1 of | | | | different. Hitler was a threat to everyone and needed |
| his new power, Hitler decreed the only existing party | | | | to be dealt with. Russia kept to themselves and |
| shall be the NSDAP. With Article 2 he declared all | | | | bothered no one. A Cold War ensued with Russia |
| association of, collaboration with, and support of other | | | | complete with the irrational fear of Communism, |
| parties would result in imprisonment in camps similar to | | | | McCarthyism, and a peace time build up of weapons |
| Russia's labor camps. With Hitler's Gestapo, secret | | | | followed. Germany was crushed in battle and Russia's |
| police, he enforced those rules and used existing | | | | Iron Curtain is being pulled down as I write.You may |
| policies to get rid of other unfit Germans. Political | | | | visit and for instant access to thousands of term |
| prisoners, homosexuals, Jews and other people sent to | | | | papers. Several thousand free papers are also |
| the concentration camps were given different colored | | | | offered. |
| symbols for easy identification. At this point, no one | | | | |