The seizure of power in Germany and Italy by fascist movements in the 1920s and 1930s was based on a weak and inexperienced government and the humiliation of both countries by the winning powers (United States, France, and Great Britain) after the Great War. These totalitarian right wing movements f...

Primo LeviPrimo Levi was an Italian novelist, essayist, and chemist, whose works were greatly influenced by his imprisonment for about 2 years at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Southern Poland.Levi was born to a Jewish assimilated family. He wasn't close to any religion, or to Jewishnes...

The rise of totalitarianism, to some historians, was a logical process, but still has caused much discussion over the years. Many prominent dictators had fulfilled the yardsticks of totalitarianism to a large extent and one of these yardsticks is the use of propaganda. As for many of the yardsticks...

During the 1930's Italy and Germany followed a policy of aggressive territorial expansion; they invaded weak lands that could be taken over easily. The dictatorships (led by Hitler in Germany, and Mussolini in Italy) knew exactly what their goals were, to form the empire they didn't achie...

BENITO MUSSOLINI Benito Mussolini was an ambitious dictator who started Fascism. He was a dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943.He was the kind of person who needed to prove himself to others and later became the most important supporter of the Fascist movement. Mussolini was also a writer and in h...

Why did the League of Nations failed in the 1930s? The break down of the League did not happen overnight but rather progressively. An important reason for this could be because America was not able to loan huge amounts of money the Depression that followed on after the Wall Street Crash in 1929....

The first things that come to mind when the names Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler are mentioned are the cruel, tyrannical, inhumane acts they committed against their own people, and people of other nationalities. But, what one fails to see is the public works they sponsored, the ways they modernized th...

FASCISM Fascism is a political system characterized by totalitarianism and a complete rejection of democratic institutions, values and procedures. The basic institutions made use of by fascism are the Leader (or dictator), the one-party state, total regimentation of economic and social activ...

Fascism Fascism is defined as a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. Fascism takes many forms, but de...

Primo Levi born in Turin, a Jew was trained as a chemist. Because of the persecution of Italian Jews, he joined the partisans, with whom he fought until his capture in 1944. He was sent to the Buna-Monowitz concentration camp, where his background in chemistry helped him survive until his camp was l...

World War II in Europe Before dawn on September 1, 1939, German forces crossed into Poland in an attack so fast and brutal, they called it blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war. This time Britain and France decided to fight, and on September 3 they declared war on Germany. Roosevelt declared the Uni...

The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations were major contributing factors into the rise of totalitarian dictatorships, especially in Europe, following the First World War. The symptoms of the treaty led to hostilities in most of Europe, and the lack of power propagated throughout Europe by...

Life is Beautiful (LaVitta È Bella) Summary Set during 1938 (the Nazi era), in the land of Fascist Italy, there was a man named Guido who was then with his friend Ferrucio. Guido came to Italy for his dream of establishing his own bookstore. Upon reaching the city, they had several misadvent...

Throughout Europe around the time of World War II, there were many countries who became totalitarian. Specifically, Italy, Germany, and Russia evolved new government systems as a result of many factors, some from World War I.Italy converted to their government of Fascism for many reasons. During Wor...

Benito Mussolini was an early socialist who later supported the concept of totalitarianism, a method of political practice and the execution of power. He also encouraged the idea of fascism, absolute authority of the state in ancient Rome. The few factors which brought Mussolini to power in Italy in...

The most merciless and cruel party in the world, was under the role of Adolf Hitler, their violence remained a deep gash in the western world history. Nazism was originated in Germany in the early 1920s. It was the doctrines or practices of the Nazi party. Nazism was a shortened ver...

The doctor that everyone would hate to have as their family doctor! This doctor was Dr. Josef Mengele, also know to many as the "Angel of Death". Dr. Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911 in Gunzberg, Germany to Karl and Walburga Mengele. Josef also had two younger brothers named Karl a...

Between 1873 and 1896, Europe, and the world experienced a period of economic stagnation, often referred to as the "Great Depression" of the nineteenth century. Anti-Semitism spread throughout this time in Germany. Jews were blamed for whatever may have been wrong, by public officials, and politicia...

During the period 1937 to 1939 many European nations became involved in war. This was because of many reasons, namely: The Failure of the Munich Agreement, the policy of Lebensraum, the Invasion of Poland & the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression. This European conflict in 1939 spread quickly into a World Wa...

Battle of StalingradBy David Rorex, Daniel Robbins, Anthony Yarbrough, and Ian GeligIn the early month of 1942, Germany broke its non-aggression pact with Russia and Hitler ordered his army to sweep east to Stalingrad, and south to Astrakan, Grozny, and to the Caspian Sea. The large military offensi...

Fascist Consolidation Mussolini in Power faced problem a minority PM (prime minister) he had to manufactured report. He did not come to power as result of a popular majority. The Acerbolaw July 1923 Mussolini offered order in society means unity. The acerbolaw made by Gia Como ...

Deepak KumarBlock 5US HISTORY 23/6/01WWII INTERVIEWWorld War II had great impacts on the lives of everyone alive during that time period. It affected the people at war as well as the people in the homefront. To see how much it did change the lives of people we were asked to interview someone that wa...

Fascisms in Germany and Italy Oliver Bleich Mrs. Howell Modern European History 5/22/00 Fascism in Germany and Italy Germany and Italy rose up under new leaders with a new type of governing policy. However, the same policies that caused growth lead to eventual collapse of these nations. Fascism grew...

Oliver BleichMrs. HowellModern European History5/22/00Fascism in Germany and Italy Germany and Italy rose up under new leaders with a new type of governing policy. However, the same policies that caused growth lead to eventual collapse of these nations. Fascism grew because of extreme nationalism, f...

Throughout the course of history there have been events for which we are immensely proud of, and events that make us sick to our stomach. One such sickening time period was in the late 1930's and early 1940's during World War II when Nazi Germany strategically eliminated people of the Jewish faith....