Totalitarianism Flashcards
what is totalitarianism
state/leader has absolute power over instutions and individausl
properties of a totalitarian government
- scapegoating and racism
- propaganda and censorship
- indoctrination of youth
- exliminating opposition and suppressing dissent
- extreme nationalism +militariasm
laws made during the HITLER regime
- law for protection of german blood and honor
- law for the protection of hereditary health
- reich citzenship laws
- law concerning hitler youth
what was the law for protection of german blood and honour
law of prevention of inter-race mixing
what was the law for the protection of hereditary health
law which prevented disabled and ‘impure’ races to reproduce; to purify the country
reich citzenship laws
only germans (aryans) can be citizens. everyone else is considered a ‘guest’ of the country
law concerning hitler youth
all [aryan] children are required to attend an after school ‘boycotts’ club to learn about how to be a good aryan citizen
examples of totalitarian governmanets
mussolini, hitler, stalin
explain nationalism and militarism
- patriotic though and action
- military to show strength and power
- marched the RHINELAND (part of germany forbidden to have troops because of treaty of versailles)
- unify and strength country
- hitlers goal: lebensraum and aryan race
explain scapegoating and racism (anti-semitism)
-blaming minorities for problems
-Nazis targeted: Jews, communists, gypsies, handicappied, gays, etc (led to holocaust)
-prejudice against them by country and propaganda (created laws)
ex. protocol of the elders of zion used against them
mein Kampf in hitlers book
xplain eliminating oppposition and suppresing dissent
oppress minorities and oppostion
physically and mentally hurt any opposition against ideology/government
target the parties
target own parties:
ex. night of the long knives used to destroy traitors and problematics (the ss and SA)
- fire in REICHTAG ASSEMBLY used to blame communists and put them in concentration camps
- GESTAPO police created to cause fear within country: no opposition because everyone was to afraid to act out or communicate with people looked down upon by government
when did hitler first gain power
- MUNICH BEER HALL OF 1923, arrested after (put in jail for 9 months due to nice judge), writes MEIN KAMPF
- became chancellor, used article 48 to make himself supreme ruler
- took power in 1933
-NAZI PARTY= national socialist german workers party
had 12 seats 1929, has 250 seats in 1932 (DUE TO GREAT DEPRESSION: FALL OF WEIMAR GOVERNMENT)
explain propaganda and censorship
spread ideas through mass media
- NAZIS USED POWESTERS: aryan traditional values +against jews/communists
- Mein Kampf
- control people through ideas
- CENSORSHIP: burned books, targeted universities and jewish scholars
indoctrination of youth
- force teaching of NAZIS ideas in schools
- HItler youth group
- separate girls and boys
- goal: continue NAZI legacy, create good aryan citizens
how did the nazis rise to power
- treaty of versailles
- germanys surrender
- weimar republic
- inflation
- anti-semitism
- great depression
- failure of collective security
