Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism

Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler

The comparison of Nazism and Stalinism has been a topic of much academic study and debate, which has provoked some political controversy,^[1][2] and led to the historians' dispute within Germany.^[3] The comparison between the two regimes is driven by the facts that both regimes were seen as more alike than not by many Western contemporaries, the pivotal role played by the two regimes in shaping European history and the start of World War II, that the two regimes have been accused of being the most murderous in history, with only Pol Pot being comparable,^[4] and finally the claim that some form of comparison of Nazi and Soviet rule is necessary to understand the histories of East European nations.^[5] — availability of archival materials subsequent to the fall of the Soviet Union has stimulated scholarship comparing Nazism and Stalinism.^[6] The regimes are claimed to have shared attributes such as engaging in large-scale killings, the use of concentration camps, one party rule and the use of secret police in the system of political power.^[7]

See also

• Holocaust
• Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
• Mass killings under Communist regimes
• Communist crimes against humanity

References

Citations

1. ^ Kershaw pp3
2. ^ Fleck, Christian (2008). Intellectuals and their publics: perspectives from the social sciences. Ashgate. pp. 112. ISBN 978-0754675402. 
3. ^ Lévy pp76
4. ^ Kershaw pp135
5. ^ Szejnmann, Claus-Christian W. (2009). Rethinking history, dictatorship and war, new approaches and interpretations. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 125. ISBN 9780826443236. 
6. ^ Rousso, H., Golsan, R. eds. Stalinism and Nazism: History and Memory Compared. University of Nebraska. 1999. pg. 1.
7. ^ Přibáň pp154

Bibliography

• Přibáň, Jiří (2007). Legal symbolism: on law, time and European identity. Ashgate. p. 154. ISBN 978-0754670735. 
• Kershaw, Ian; Moshé Lewin (1997). Stalinism and Nazism: dictatorships in comparison. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521565219. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_tmGaItZ0tsC&printsec=frontcover. 
• Furet, François; Ernst Nolte (2001). Fascism and communism. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803219953. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tiZMdNSJXJkC&printsec=frontcover. 
• Rousso, Henry; Richard Joseph Golsan (2004). Stalinism and nazism: history and memory compared. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803290006. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CIt7fMp30sAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
• Geyer, Michael; Sheila Fitzpatrick (2009). Beyond totalitarianism: Stalinism and Nazism compared. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521723978. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3wzDPQAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover. 
• Farmer, Sarah (1995). "Symbols that Face Two Ways: Commemorating the Victims of Nazism and Stalinism at Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen". Representations; Special Issue: Identifying Histories: Eastern Europe Before and After 1989 (University of California Press) (49). http://www.jstor.org/stable/2928751. 
• Lévy, Daniel. Sznaider, Natan (2005) The Holocaust and Memory in the Global Age Temple University Press ISBN 978-1592132768