TOTALITARIANISMS
THE USSR: STALINISM
system of totalitarian government
established in the USSR
Stalin eliminated political rivals
STALIN GOVERNMENT
political party
held by Stalin
approved Constitution of 1936
CPSU only political party
spread communism through Cominterm
economy controlled
by state
five-year plans
industralisation of the USSR
collectivisation of land
nationalisation of existing industries
hydraulic works
social equality
there were differences
governing elite
rest of the population
ITALIAN FASCISM
constitutional monarchy
of Victor Emmanuel II
badly affected by post-war economic crisis
Fasci (volunteer militias)
Fasci combar groups
National Fascist Party (1921) by Mussolini
Dictatorship
politics
all power to himself
economy
government intervened
social policies
ended the unres
NAZI GERMANY
Adolf Hitler
leader of the National Socialist
German Workers (1921)
won the elections (1933)
Chancellor
Dictatorship
head of state (1934)
Third Reich
Nazi Party only legal political party
expansionist policy
great economic development
German Aryan race superior
anti-Semitic
1930s
German Jews
persecuted by regime