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Totalitarianism
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Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that completely controls the public sphere and the private sphere of society. It is characterized by its prohibition of opposing politica
Two versions of the World War II U.S. propaganda poster "Your Lot in a Totalitarian State" depicting a process of compulsory sham election which took
Two versions of the World War II U.S. propaganda poster "Your Lot in a Totalitarian State" depicting a process of compulsory sham election which took place in totalitarian states, the flags of which – Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Soviet Union – are presented below. In the version on the right, produced after Operation Barbarossa, the flag of the Soviet Union (Allied member) is replaced with that of the Empire of Japan (Axis member), which is not always regarded as totalitarian by Western scholars.
Anti-communist propaganda in West Germany (1953): "All ways of Marxism lead to Moscow! Therefore CDU".
Anti-communist propaganda in West Germany (1953): "All ways of Marxism lead to Moscow! Therefore CDU".
1920 Soviet propaganda poster with a complimentary cartoon of Vladimir Lenin by Viktor Deni. According to 'traditionalist' historians, Lenin was the f
1920 Soviet propaganda poster with a complimentary cartoon of Vladimir Lenin by Viktor Deni. According to 'traditionalist' historians, Lenin was the first politician to establish a totalitarian regime; such description have been opposed by the 'revisionists' and other authors.
A document from the collection of Henri Max Corwin, equating Nazism with Stalinism.
A document from the collection of Henri Max Corwin, equating Nazism with Stalinism.
Nazi Germany
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Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it i
Totalitarianism
…wider usage in politics of the interwar period; in the early years of the Cold War, it arose from comparison of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin to Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler as a theoretical concept of Western political science. The term achieved hegemony in explaining the nature of Fascist and Communist…
Adolf Hitler became Germany's head of state, with the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
Adolf Hitler became Germany's head of state, with the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
German soldiers march near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 14 June 1940
German soldiers march near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 14 June 1940
Death and destruction during the Battle of Stalingrad, October 1942
Death and destruction during the Battle of Stalingrad, October 1942