Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism
Who would you vote for?
Contestant #1
I am a womanizer, have
self-interested policies
and unfortunately suffer
from ailing health.

Contestant #2
I have a drinking habit and
a defiant tongue or attitude

Contestant #3
I am a decorated war hero,
do not drink and want
to create a stable economy

Totalitarianism

Contestant #1

Contestant #2

Contestant #3

Treaty of Versailles -

Total Control
of State by a
Dictator

Black Tuesday 1929

stock market crashes

Great Depressio
during 1930s

Increasing influence of new

political parties that emphas
state control
-For example: Communism,
Nazism, Fascism

Totalitarianism
Government establishes complete control of all aspects of the
state (political, military, economy, social, cultural)
Highly nationalistic (flags, salutes, rallies, uniforms)
Strict controls and laws
Military state (secret police, army, military)
Censorship (opposing literature and ideas)
Propaganda (media radio, newspapers, posters)
One leader (dictator); charismatic
Total conformity of people to ideas and leader
Terror and Fear

Nazism

Totalitarianism

Communism

Fascism

*These theories, specifically Communism and

Fascism, are completely different theories that
are bitterly opposed; however they exhibit the
same behaviour

Communism
Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet
Union from 1922-1953.

Communism
LEFT WING
based on theory by Karl Marx
political, economic and social
system
that creates a classless
society
state ownership and control of
the
means of production (no
private
ownership)

Fascism
Benito Mussolini the leader (Il Duce)
of Italy from 1922 to 1943.

Fascism
RIGHT WING
intense nationalism and
elitism
totalitarian control
interests of the state more
important than individual
rights
maintain class system and
private
Interesting Fact: Fascism name was
ownership
derived from the fasces, an ancient
Roman symbol of authority consisting

Nazism
Adolf Hitler the leader (der Fuhrer) of
Germany from 1933 to 1945.

Nazism
RIGHT WING
extremely fascist belief of the
National
Socalist German Workers
Party (NAZI)
belief in the racial superiority
of the
Aryan, the master race
belief that all Germans should
have
lebensraum or living space

Totalitarianism

Nazi Military State - Terms

GESTAPO: Secret Police
SS (Schutzstaffel): Defense Corps black shirts, an
elite guard unit
formed out of the SA
SA (Sturmabteilung): Stormtroopers "brown-shirts"
early private
Nazi army that protected leaders and opposed rival
political parties
Lebensraum (Living Space): concept that emphasized
need for
territorial expansion of Germany into east
Wehrmacht: German Army
HJ (Hitler Jugend): Hitler Youth
Einstazgruppen: Nazi Death Squad; mobile killing
units

This Nazi propaganda

poster reads, Behind the
enemy powers: the Jew.

The Eternal Jew

Depiction of a Jew holding gold
coins in one hand and a whip in
the other. Under his arm is a map
of the world, with the imprint of
the hammer and sickle.