Dictator Comparison

Dictator Comparison

Hitler

Stalin

Methods of Control

/ Rudolf Diels Interview / 3 websites

Control of Individual

/ 1 website / Young Pioneers Oath

Step 1: Method Control Hitler

Rudolf Diels German politician and leader of the SS

“As for that, it was a natural matter for the new Nazi Government and the party, which had come into power, to annihilate their adversaries by all possible means. These actions started after the Reichstag fire. They were executed by various party groups, especially by the SA; for such criminal purposes the government also tried to make the most of certain official government agencies. The methods applied were as follows: Human beings, who deprived of their freedom subjected to severe bodily mistreatment or killed. These illegal detentions [Freiheitsberaubungen] took place in camps, often old military barracks, stormtroop quarters or fortresses. Later on these places became known as concentration camps, such as Oranienburg, near Berlin, Lichtenburg, Papenburg, Dachau in Bavaria, Columbiahouse Berlin, etc.

During this period of time, numerous politicians, deputies, writers, doctors, lawyers and other personalities of leading circles were arrested illegally, tortured and killed. Among the killed, there were the Social Democrat Stelling, Ernst Heilmann, the former Police President of Altona Otto Eggerstedt, the communist Schehr from the Ruhr territory, and numerous parties and denominations, amongst them Conservatives, Democrats, Catholics, Jews, Communists and Pacifists.

These murders were camouflaged by the expression: "shot while trying to escape" or "resisting arrest" or similar things. Approximately 5-700 people perished during this first wave of terror (from March-October 1933 approximately).”

Step 2:Control Individual Stalin

Young Pioneer Oath:

“I, a young pioneer of the Soviet Union, in the presence of my comrades solemnly promise to love my Soviet Motherland passionately, and to live, learn and struggle as the great Lenin bade us and as the Communist Party teaches us.”

Step 3: Stalin Methods of Control (Website Analysis)

1)Go to on Advanced World History and then “dictator comparison”

2)Go to Stalin Site 1 & fill out website analysis form

3)Go to Stalin Site 2 & fill out website analysis form

4)Go to Stalin Site 3 & fill out website analysis form

5)Get quotes from “best” website

Step 4: Hitler Website Analysis

1)Pick ONE of the Hitler options

2)Get quotes from “best” website

Website Analysis

Put an X in the yes or no with regard to each of the following questions

STALIN SITE 1:

Part I Content:Question

Yes

No

Is the purpose of the page indicated on the webpage?
Can you determine when the document was created and/or updated?
Is the website useful for your purpose?
Is a bibliography of print sources included?
Does the information appear biased (one-sided, critical of opposing views etc)?
Part II Authority: Question /

Answer

Who created the webpage?
What organization is the person affiliated with?
What qualifies this person as an expert in this subject matter?
If you cannot tell if this author is an expert in history, DO NOT use information from this page!!!

STALIN SITE 2:

Part I Content:Question

Yes

No

Answer

STALIN SITE 3:

Part I Content:Question

Yes

Answer

HITLER SITE 3:

Part I Content:Question

Yes

Answer

Who created the webpage? (if you don’t know then stop here)
What organization is the person affiliated with?
What qualifies this person as an expert in this subject matter?

Research Template

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Step 1: Method Control Hitler

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Step 2: Control Individual Stalin / “solemnly promise to love my Soviet Motherland passionately”
“to live, learn and struggle as the great Lenin bade us”

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Step 3: Methods of Control Stalin

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Step 4: Control Individual Hitler

Written Component

What makes a historical website more valid than others?
Give 3 key criteria in complete sentences in your own words.

2. Compare and contrast ONE aspect of the totalitarian leadership styles of Hitler and Stalin.Support with direct quotes.