Divine Wind
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Partially. Dead is dead. It really matter if it's a revolutionary, a freedom fighter or a terrorist. Is that what you are saying? All it takes is one hole in your theory to deflate the entire balloon. I've done that.
Let it be noticed you are still dodging my questions even though I've done my best to answer yours.
Another link for your reading.
Stalin and Hitler: Differences and Similarities - GCSE History - Marked by Teachers.com
B. Beliefs
They had similarities in their ideas, but I think that the few differences, which differed them, are the most important.
While Hitler had racism beliefs, Stalin actually didn’t have any, because he was a Communist. And I think that the fact, that Hitler was National Socialist and Stalin Communist, is a very important difference, because this caused their hate against each other, what further probably prevented even more problems. Hitler killed millions of Jews, and other “non-Aryans,” while Stalin caused the death of millions of peasants, which died because of starvation – so on both sides millions of people died, because of the political ideas of their dictators. Both dictators wanted to industrialize their country, both used propaganda, and both wanted their country to be powerful again. But still, their beliefs were different, because even though the believed in the same topics, the context of their topics were different, again because of their political views. Also they had completely different ideas of women, Hitler’s idea of a woman were the three “K’s” (Kitchen, Children, Church) while Stalin thought of a woman equally to a man. So while women under Hitler were not allowed to work, but just to get children and take care of them and their husband, and to go to church, women under Stalin were allowed to do the same work as men, they got support for children, but though they weren’t forced to get some, and also the church was strictly forbidden. Furthermore both used education, to make children believe their political ideas, so both used school for propaganda, though children in the USSR were taught Communistic ideas, while children of Germany were taught Nazi ideas....
...E. Home front Life
They used the same methods to control people, but though there are more differences.
While Hitler thoughts of women were, that she has to stay at home, has to get a lot of children, and has to take care of her children and her husband, and has to go to church (known as the three “K’s”), Stalin thought of a woman equal to a man. So women under Stalin were allowed to work, women under Hitler not. But both taught children their ideas in school, and outside school. But Hitler concentrated more on children than Stalin did, because under Hitler there were man youth organisations, while under Stalin there weren’t any, or just few. Also both made good use of censorship and propaganda, both erased everything what was against them, they controlled the radio, the newspaper, books, cinema, schools, and so on. Also the people were frightened by the secret police, people spied on each other, even within families, that’s how they made sure, that there wasn’t any opposition. Furthermore under Stalin church was forbidden, while under Hitler church was meant to be very important.
Conclusion
Fact is that Hitler and Stalin were the two biggest mass murderers in history, they both caused the death of millions of people, and I think that the fact, that Hitler was National Socialist and Stalin Communist, is a very important difference, because this difference probably prevented a even bigger mass murder, and of course Russia played a main rule in the second world war and the defeat of Hitler. If they have more differences or similarities, is of course very difficult to say, but I think the main difference is their political view, but how they tried to spread their ideas and to control their country, their methods, shows many similarities, but also many differences.
So all together I think that they have more differences than similarities, because the things where they differ from each other, are probably the most important things, such as racial or economy thoughts.
