Hitler Vs. Stalin: Similar Methods Of Hitler Vs. Stalin

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Hitler Vs. Stalin Many leaders have had some negativity associated with their name in the past. However, the two that greatly prove John F. Kennedy’s quote, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”, are Hitler and Stalin. They resorted to violence in every way possible and never tried to settle things peacefully. Although both men were harsh in different ways, they had similar methods of achieving what they wanted (and losing it towards the end of their reign), including how they grew up, how they got power, and how they eventually didn’t conquer their own anger and hatred. The environment one grows up in can greatly influence their personality and actions in the future. Both Hitler and Stalin …show more content…

This is because it’s hard enough to get a lot people to listen at a time anyway, but if based around violent ideals it is even harder. When Stalin came to power, Russia was in the middle of a formal discussion as to whether the New Economic Policy was a feasible solution for a Marxist country. Germany was dealing with the Wall Street Crash when Hitler came to power, showing both countries were in a somewhat unstable place allowing both leaders to come to power more easily. “Neither Hitler nor Stalin would have been able to survive in power without a considerable degree of popular support” (Benn, 2006). Even though they had slightly different ways of achieving popularity, both Hitler and Stalin were accepted by the people. Being a peasant from Georgia, Stalin could relate to the people of Russia (although he couldn’t speak Russian fluently). Hitler was also well liked but was looked up to by the people, who thought he was all-knowing (almost like a G-d) and couldn’t possibly be wrong. Additionally, to help with this facade, he promised Germany an escape from the Great Depression. Stalin didn’t promise Russia anything but he didn’t need to; the people already related to him. “In terms of mass murder, Stalin had a major head start on Hitler. By 1938, only 267 people had been sentenced to death in Nazi Germany (compared to the nearly 400,000 death sentences meted out in the anti-kulak operation

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