1. RISE OF THE DICTATORS

2. Totalitarism one party dictatorship regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens

3. Terror SECRET POLICE CENSORSHIP
NO CAN SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

4. PROPAGANDA Movies, schools, factories.
Messages all about good of the government
Evils of west and capitalism

5. Increase of the dedication to ones country above all else Religion
Nationalism
Increase of the dedication to ones country above all else
Religion
ATHIESTISM Official religion

6. Persecution
Hebrews
Islam
Catholics
None were spared

7. Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
Franco

8. FACIST ITALY
Fascism extreme right winged ideology based on total control of people through fear, force and censorship

10. Monarchy in Italy
Unable to solve problems
unemployment
Weak economy

11. Benito Mussolini
Extreme Nationalist
Formed Fascist Party
Opposed to communism
Appealed to upper and middle class

12. Mussolini stressed
Ownership of private property
Cooperation between workers and management
Return of Rome to glory (Nationalism)

13. Black Shirts Mussolini secret police
Waged a violent campaign against Communists and Socialists
Used violence as tactic to suppress oppositions and strikes

14. King refused to declare martial law
Mussolini was named Premier
Became a dictator

15. Appointed Fascists to all positions in government Mussolini quickly
Banned all political parties
Suspended all basic liberties
Kept unions under his control

16. Italy became a police state
Government based on economic activity
22 corporations met to establish wages and prices

17. Italy is now in firm control of Mussolini and Fascists

18. Stalin

19. Tactics Fear Eliminated religion Seized Orthodox property
Persecuted religious leaders

20. Churches turned into public buildings
New Constitution
APPEARED TO BE DEMOCRATIC

21. Supreme Soviet met twice a year
Elected Politburo
Council of Ministers
Executive and administrative power

22. Real power was held by a few leaders who were led by Stalin

23. Stalin enacted a purge
Eliminated party members
Who were accused of being against his policies

24. Purged
Intellectuals
Army officials
Union leaders and members
Purge then expanded to the general public

25. By to 8 million people had been arrested, deported, imprisoned in labor camps or executed by Stalin

26. Stalin wanted other countries in Europe to accept USSR
Wanted to spread Communism throughout Europe

27. Germany
1919 Treaty of Versailles
New government called the Weimar Republic
Kaiser had left
In city of Weimar new government formed

28. The new government was under pressure because it had to implement the Versailles Treaty
It was unpopular in Germany
The reparation payments caused severe inflation

29. Made German money worthless
After initial success the government was ripe for takeover

30. Great Depression Stock Market Crash of 1929 Speculation
Caused panic and run on banks world wide
Unemployment was high

31. Debts from World War I
High tariffs on goods hurt trade
High reparations

32. Germany in economic depression
Unemployment high inflation
Blamed initially on the Weimar government
Unemployment rose from 2 million in 1930 to 6 million in 1932

33. Rival factions tried to control Germany
Fascist and Communists

34. Beer Hall Putsch
Led by extremists
Hitler was involved
Put on trial
Used trial as a way to get his ideas out to public

35. Nazi Party
National Socialist German Worker Party

36. Extremely Nationalistic
Anti Semitic
Anti communist
Promised to protect Germany from Communism

37. Adolph Hitler in prison wrote Mien Kamph (My Struggle) how to take power legally

38. Stressed Nationalism
Purity of the Arian race
(total elimination of the Jews)
He was a charismatic, great speaker

39. Promised to repeal the Treaty of Versailles
Return Germany to power
In 1925 Nazi party had 25,000 members
By ,000 members

40. Depression and civil unrest caused workers to drift to Nazi message
Von Hindenburg leader of Germany old and weak

42. Nazi gained seats in Reichstag slowly and Hitler became leader
Von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as chancellor
1933 Reichstag burned Hitler blamed it on the Communists

44. Fear of Communism allowed Hitler to get more power and became the leader of Germany and a Dictator

45. Took title of Der Fuhrer
Turned Germany into a Police state

46. Revived economy in early 1930’s Government projects
Roads
Houses
Forrest restoration
Rebuild military and weapons

47. Banned unions
Opposition
Newspapers
political parties

48. Brown Shirts
Gestapo Secret Police

49. Hitler now went after his Master Race
Elimination of Jewish, handicapped, mentally inferior
gypsies

50. Jews were blamed for all of Germanys’ problems
Loss in WWI Treaty of Versailles
Became Hitler’s scapegoat
Identified by yellow star

51. Hitler called his rule Third Reich
1st Holy Roman Empire
2nd Hohenzollern Empire
3rd Hitler reign would be for a thousand years

52. 1930 Germany rebuilt military
1936 moved into Rhineland
Violation of Treaty of Versailles
Britain and Franc ignored
Not worth going to war over

53. Hitler was encourage by apathy
He formed alliance with fascist Italy forming the Berlin Axis
The stage is now set for Germany to expand and bring the World to the brink of war.