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Karl Marx: Founder of Marxism
German economist, philosopher, and revolutionist, Karl Marx’s writings form the basis of the body of ideas known as Marxism. As one of the most original and influential thinkers of modern times, Karl Marx produced, with the aid of Friedrich Engels, much of the theory of modern socialism and communism. -
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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. -
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Joseph Stalin and his Reign over the Soviet Union
Stalin, whose real last name is Dzhugashvili, established a strong dictatorship over the Soviet Union and is known as one of the greatest mass murderers in history. Stalin, though not an eloquent writer or speaker, was intelligent and was an excellent organizer. His post as general security was used to gain power of the entire Communist Party. His rule was the cause of millions of death from deportation to Siberian camps. -
Lenin Overthrows Provisonal Government
Vladimir Lenin led Russian Communists to establish the first communist government in the world. These Russian Communist, most commonly known as the Bolsheviks, led the October Revolution, resulting in Lenin having total power over Russia. Lenin promised benefits that the Provisional Government did not provide, which led to the large support from the people of Russia. -
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The Rise of Fascism
Fascism, a political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual through the emphasis on the need of a strong central government managed by a dictatorial ruler, first emerged in European states such as Italy in order to replace the former government with the new type of political ruling that integrates both new and old forms of the dictatorial regimes. Mussolini, who established the first fascist movement in Italy, gained power over time from his violent acts and orders. -
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Hitlers Rise to Power Video
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Hitlers Rise to Power
In the 1920s Germany was in a big economic depression due to the harsh terms and agreements of the Treaty of Versialles. thus, resulting in Adolf Hitler, and his party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or Nazi party for short. This party appealed to the lower middle class and also for the unemployed. Since so many people in Germany at this time didn' have jobs Hitler and his Nazi party became a very popular political party very quickly. http://goo.gl/wPRbS -
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Benito Mussolini Rise To Power video
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Lenin's New Economic Policy
In March 1921, the New Economic Policy, or the NEP, was a modified version of the old capitalist system. This gave freedom to citizens, such as peasants able to sell their produce openly or retail stores that could privately own a business. The NEP revived the economy and saved the Soviet Union from an economic disaster. -
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Benito Mussolini
This is an organization that Benito Mussolini made after he left the Socialist Party after World War 1. It was the first fascist organization in Italy, and was radically nationalist and anti-communist. It’s symbol is a fascio, which is an axe wrapped in whipping rods. They broke up fights and strikes in the 1920s, often with the aid of the police who refused to stop them. -
Nuremberg Laws
These laws excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriages between Germans and the Jews. The Nazis not only included this to segregate the two, but also began a series of anti-Jewish activity by requiring German Jews to wear the yellow star of David and Jewish identification cards as well as the Kristallnacht, a night when the Nazis, in a violent and destructive rampage, burned synagogues, destroying about seven thousand businesses and killing about a hundred Jews. -
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Stalinist Era: Five-Year Plans
As the Stalinist Era marked the beginning of an economic, social, and political revolution, Stalin significantly declares the end of the NEP and the beginning of his new economic policy, the Five-Year Plans. The Five-Year Plans’ purpose was to transform Russia’s agricultural to an industrial country by means of doubling oil production and quadrupling heavy machinery production. However, these costs greatly impacted the Soviet Union. -
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The Rise of Nazism
Nazism is defined as a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader. Nazis were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party of Germany, under Adolf Hitler, seized political control of the country, suppressing all opposition and establishing a dictatorship over all cultural, economic, and political activities of the people, and promulgated belief in the supremacy.
