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1. Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was about 5'8.
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Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945
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2.Atheism
Atheism is and isn't a religion. |
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the belief that there is no god
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3.Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini died in 1945. |
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He organized veterans and other discontented Italians into Fascist Party; "il Duce": the boss
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4.Black Shirts
The headquarters of the Black Shirts was in Italy. |
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party militants and supporters of Mussolini who rejected the democratic process in favor of violent actions
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5.Bolsheviks
The bolsheviks took power from the provisional government. |
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A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.
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6.Chancellor
The Chancellor in 1919 was Friedrich Ebert. |
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in 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Wiemar. It created the Wiemar Republic. The constitution set up a parliamentary system led by a Prime Minister; appointed by & reports to the President
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7.Cheka
The Cheka were responsible for the czar's death. |
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secret police, formed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks: made arrests, tortured and executed thousands, took hostages in areas that favored the Whites, ran concentration camps, executed thousands, including the former Tsar Nicolas II and his family
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8.Collectives
The products from collectives were ttaken by the government. |
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Stalin wanted all peasants to farm on state-owned farms, or large farms owned by peasants as a group
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9.Comintern
Comintern is an abbreviation. |
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Lenin formed the Communist International, an association of Communist parties founded in 1919 by Russian Bolshevik leader Lenin, to promote the spread of the revolution and the preaching of communist principles throughout Europe.
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10.Command Economy
With command economy, farmer's products and earnings were taken. |
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the Soviet Union developed a system in which the government officials made all basic economic decisions
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11.Fascism
Fascism was something that Stalin stood by. |
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centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose polices glorify the state over individual and are destructive to basic human rights
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12.Führer
Fuhrer is now used negatively, meaning ruthless |
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the unique name granted by Hitler to himself, german term meaning "leader" or "guide", Hitler modeled the title after Benito Mussolini's use of il Duce.
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13.Gestapo
Gestapo sounds like an italian last name even though its rooted back to Germany.
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[image]German acronym for the German Secret State Police, part of the SS notorious for terrorism against enemies of the state.
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14.Gulag
Anyone who failed at anything was sent tlo the Gulag. |
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grumblers, or critics of Stalin, were rounded up and sent to a system of brutal labor camps
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15.Karl Marx
Lenin practiced Karl Marx's beliefs. |
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Often recognized as the "father of communism"; believed that communism would replace capitalism, believed in a classless society. (1818-1883)
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16.Joseph Stalin
Stalin was worse than Hitler. |
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Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition; "man of steel" (1879-1953)
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17.Kulaks
Stalin wanted the kulaks destroyed. |
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18.Lenin
Lenin was a marxist. |
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Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924.
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19.March on Rome
March on Rome happened in october 1922. |
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tens of thousands of fascists swarmed towards Rome. Fearing civil war, king Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to form a government as Prime Minister
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20.Nuremburg Laws
The Nuremburg Laws were anti-jewish. |
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in 1935, the Nazis passed these laws which deprived Jews of German citizenship and placed several restrictions on them, including: being prohibited from marrying non-Jews, attending or teaching at German schools, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine, or publishing books
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21.Proletariat
Proletariat makes uo 50% of the world's population. |
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Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production; the working class
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22.Ruhr Valley
Ruhr Valley's population is more than 8 million today. |
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in 1923, Germany fell behind in reparations payments so France occupied the coal- rich Ruhr valley
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23.Russification
Russification had a abody of laws. |
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making a nationalities culture more Russian
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24.Socialist Realism
Socialist Realism imposes politics on expression. |
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Stalin required artists and writers to conform to a style in which the goal was to boost socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light
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25.Soviets
The soviets flag is a Russian symbol. |
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councils of workers and soldiers
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26.Totalitarian state
Russia and Germany were totalitarian states. |
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Mussolini practiced the first form of government, a one party dictatorship that attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens
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27.Third Reich
Third Reich is a synonym for Nazi Germany. |
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Hitler boasted that under his new empire the German master race would dominate Europe for a thousand years
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