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Totalitarians-Hitler-Part I
By Taco24 on 05/05/2008
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Background-Despite all that has been said, popular memory reveals that of all the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, none was more terrifying than that of Nazi Germany. As a product of Hitler, Germany's social and political situation, and the general attack on liberalism, Nazi Germany emerged rapidly after 1933 when Hitler came to power. The Nazis smashed all independent organizations, mobilized the economy and began the systematic extermination of the Jewish and other non-German populations.
The story of Hitler is well-known -- there is an entire Hitler industry of book publishing these days, unmatched only by books on the JFK assassination. Why this might be the case is rather obvious. Hitler seemed to be evil incarnate. So too was Stalin. But then again, the west did not fight a war, not a hot one, at least, against Stalin. We also have more information regarding the Nazis than we do Stalin, whose regime was always clouded in secrecy. The Nazis, on the other hand, kept good records. In his now classic work, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”, William Shirer mentions that in 1945 the U.S. First Army seized 485 tons of records of the German Foreign Office in the Harz Mountains as they were about to be burned on orders from Berlin. Such a figure, it must be added, represents only part of the whole.
The questions in part I primarily reflect significant themes and ideas of that madman from Branau. It is not meant to be a comprehensive biography. Please understand some of the questions are lengthy.
Sources: My Notes and “The History Guide” Also, thanks to Wikipedia for assistance in the selection of some alternative responses.
Image: Nuremburg Rally, circa 1938
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