Zusammenfassung der Ressource
5 techniques employed
by Hitler and Stalin
- Scapegoating
- A person who is
blamed for
something that
someone else has
done unfairly
- Scapegoating was rejected by the liberalism because
government did not worry about their citizens and instead
blamed other people. Many citizens felt congested which
resulted in protests. For example, Hitler blamed
Germany’s economic, political and social problems on
variety of scapegoats and wants to get more support of
his party. Germany was in trouble and people tend to be
more willing to accept extreme ideas and blaming others
foe their problems. German government targeted Jewish
population and other minor group of people. Moreover,
this technique was not only used by Hitler, but Stalin as
well. In example, when Stalin demanded counter-attack,
which the Red Army could not make, he faced many
losses. This resulted in the use of scapegoats, who were
arrested and blamed for these efforts.
- Force and Terror
- The unlawful use of
force and violence
against people or
property to intimidate
a civilian population
- Force and violence was an extremely dangerous technique used by
these dictators during the time. An example by Hitler was when the
Nazi officials and many of their supporters went on a rampage,
vandalising and burning the shops, homes, and synagogues of German
Jews. Many Jews become beaten and 91 were killed and around 30
000 Jews were sent to concentration camps. The death of over million
Jewish people in Nazi concentration camps was to follow in what has
come to be known as the holocaust. This technique rejects liberalism
because it causes citizens fear speech and their own opinions.
Everyone obeyed the orders of their dictators of fear of death and
being sent to the harsh camps.
- Propaganda
- Ideas and/or statements that are
often misleading or false that are
spread to help a government, leader
or cause
- This picture shows Propaganda. As it is
portraying that the Jewish people are
doing evil as they are making rest of
Germany suffer. This idea rejects
liberalism because people are told false
information by the government. This
does not completely allow the
individuals to be free and think the way
they want to but rather the way the
governments want them to think.
Therefore, individuals don’t have
complete freedom to think, act freely,
and have opinions on other groups
based on their own experiences.
- Secret Police
- Example: Hitler used
Gestapo and Stalin used
NKVD
- Police force
working in secret
against the people
who opposed the
government
- This picture represents secret police. The skull
represents the "evil" side of the Gestapo police,
who work for Hitler. If anyone were to talk
agaisnt Hitler, or even Stalin, they would be
sentanced to death, or harsh concentration
camps where they would most likely die as well.
This idea rejects liberalism because it prevents
people from sharing their opinions about the
government, or the way the run things. This
violetes the liberal idea of freedom of speech,
because most citizens were afraid to speak up
about these dictators because of the cruel
consequences.
- Indoctrination
- To teach an individual to accept the
beliefs, ideas and opinions of one
person, and reject another's
- This is a picture of title of a book that demonstrates
the Nazi indoctrination of children. As it shows that
they are really happy and support the Nazi party. This
shows how Hitler imposed his values and beliefs on
children through books, painting and song books. This
rejects liberalism as it does not allow individuals to
think freely and have opinions based on their own
values and beliefs. Hitler indoctrinated children and
as these children grow up they will play a role in
Hitler’s mission on expanding Germany’s territory.
- By: Rhea, Amen, Amina & Prabhjit