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Adolf Hitler And Joseph Stalin

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The world is divided into two, the light and the dark. The exact definition of good and evil is up for debate, but there are situations that are well known for being personifications of good and evil. For example, George Washington, Martin Luther King, and Abraham Lincoln are prime examples of the goodness in society. There are, however, prime examples of the evil in the world personified a few men. Examples of these men are Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Both of these guys are known as evil men who rose from humble beginnings to forever infamy for their misuse and practical terror in power usage.
Adolf Hitler is a well known name. Often used to represent the personification of evil, this man with the swastika has more to him than meets …show more content…

This led to even more psychological damage to ensue. Hitler by this point had lived life to see only misery, loss of family, and failure at almost every turn. Things, however, were about to become interesting for the soon to be leader of the Nazis.
After World War One, otherwise known as the “Great War,” Germany was in a time of crisis and political instability. Because Germany lost the war, the treaty of Versailles forced Germany to not only be responsible for their own reprimands, but everyone who participated in the war (mainly repay France.) Germany was also humiliated by losing most of their army and territories due to this treaty. In addition, to add to the economic crisis of Germany, according to http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/hitlerpowerrev1.shtml “In 1929, the American Stock Exchange collapsed, and caused an economic depression. America called in all its foreign loans, which destroyed Weimar Germany. Unemployment in Germany rose to 6 million.” Hitler had become very interested in politics. He joined the “a member of the National Socialist German Workers ' Party,” otherwise known as the Nazi party.
At first, Hitler had little more than an anti-semitic attitude and a great speaking capability. Hitler tried to just start a revolution in the streets at first. This attempt was halted by the remaining

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