Stalin Vs Hitler Essay Research Paper Lewis

Stalin Vs. Hitler Essay, Research Paper

Lewis Butler

World History

Stalin vs. Hitler: How they gained power

There were two men who were on opposing sides, yet had many traits

that made them much alike. One of these men was someone who s name is

instantly recognizable to almost anyone today, Adolf Hitler. The other man was a

major player in world history as well, but his name is not so infamous, Joseph

Stalin. These men were each triumphant in their rise to power in their countries

and they were very comparable in the ways that they succeeded. Their success

was mostly attributed to their new ideas and, especially in Hitler s case, their

politics. Although the two hated each other, the two leaders were similar in many

ways.

Hitler and Stalin each rose to positions of high power, and there were

three main reasons that they both were able to do this. Both men used

propaganda, each was immoral, and they both had the ambition to make their

countries the most powerful in the world.

Stalin and Hitler both used their words to twist and manipulate the minds

of people into believing that what they were saying was the absolute truth. Using

this power, they were able to get people to do nearly anything for them. Since

each of their countries were still trying to recover from World War I, they desired

to restore the power and glory back to their countries. The names Adolf Hitler

and Joseph Stalin are synonymous with the word propaganda. The word

propaganda means the spreading of ideas to further or damage a cause; also

the ideas or allegations spread for a purpose. Hitler and Stalin each used

propaganda as their tool to further their ideas and help them gain the backing of

the people in their countries. The form of propaganda that Hitler used was his

words. Hitler made a great number of speeches, but one speech that became

very famous was his speech at his trial for treason. In this speech he gave his

views and opinions on the events preceding the trial. Here is an excerpt from

this speech: …I aimed from the first to…become the destroyer of Marxism…The

army that we are building grows more from day to day, from hour to hour.

Gentlemen, not you who will be the ones that deliver the verdict over us, but that

verdict will be given by the eternal judgment of history, which will speak out

against the accusation that has been made against us…That court will judge

us…as Germans [who] wanted only the best for their people and their

Fatherland, who fought and were willing to die. You might just as well find us

guilty a thousand times, but the goddess of the eternal court of history will smile

and tear up the motions of the states attorney and the judgment of this court: for

she finds us not guilty. After Hitler gave this speech, the court was sympathetic

towards him, and he was sentenced to only five years in prison for his crime.

After nine months of his sentence had been served, he was granted parole. He

was then able to gain Nazi party control and lure enough supporters to his

cause. Hitler even had his own minister of propaganda when he became leader

of the Germany. Joseph Stalin was not quite as blatantly obvious with his uses

of propaganda. One example of propaganda Stalin used can be found in his

speech to the Fifteenth Congress in 1927. Here is an excerpt from this speech:

Evidently, the opposition prefers to be outside the party. Well, let it be outside

the party. There is nothing terrible, or exceptional, or surprising in the fact that

they prefer to be outside the party, that they are cutting themselves off from the

party. If you study the history of our party, you will find that always, at certain

serious turns taken by our party, a certain section of the old leaders fell out of

the cart of the Bolshevik party and made room for newer members. A turn is a

serious thing, comrades. A turn is dangerous for those who do not sit firmly in

the party cart. Not everybody can keep his balance when a turn is made. You

turn the cart – and on looking back, you find that someone has fallen out. After

Stalin said this, an immediate applause was heard. Stalin was telling people

what they wanted to hear. This speech helped to further his cause by gaining

support from the people, and by justifying why Trotsky was not the choice for

leader. Stalin was also demonstrating with this speech that he was taking people

in the right direction. Everyone who became a supporter of him would be getting

into the right cart, and would be heading in the right direction; at least what he

believed to be the right direction. Hitler and Stalin did not limit themselves only

to spoken propaganda, but would use many forms of it. One form of propaganda

that they used was through photographs. These photographs promoted their

nice personality. In these photos they would be depicted as being a hero. They

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