Compare Fascism And Nazism

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Fascism vs. Nazism
Nazism and Fascism where both successful political parties in Europe because of the bullying tactics used by their leaders during a compromising time in Europe. The interwar period of Europe between 1918 and 1939 was a time many European countries encountered uncertainty as Europe struggled to recover from the devastation of the First World War and the destabilizing effects of that loss. Between the end of World War I and the commencement of World War II, the interwar period, many European countries faced dramatic rise in popular support for extreme political values. Of the many political parties that were birthed in that era, Benito Mussolini and the fascism party were widely popular in Italy whereas Adolf Hitler and the …show more content…

He observed and admired Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, Hitler used many of Mussolini’s strategies for his political career. Germany was in bad shape after World War I, the country was in debt due to the cost of war and the great depression, which was worst in Germany because of the Versailles Treaty. The National Socialist (Nazi) party in Germany was popular because of the similar reason to fascism party in Italy, fear of a communist regime (Biography.com …show more content…

According to the Nazi doctrine races were classified as superior and inferior with the German or Aryan race on the top and the blacks and Jews on the bottom of the racial pyramid. They also believed that “the superior race“ was undermined by inferior races, like the Jews, and that the German race had to strengthen themselves and eliminate their enemy to be reborn again. To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community. After years of Nazi rule in Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted, Hitler’s final solution, now known as the Holocaust, came to fruition under the cover of world war, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps (History.com Staff,

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