How Is Rafael Trujillo Similar To Hitler

In 1935 Sinclair Lewis wrote a book entitled It Can’t Happen Here; in Lewis’novel he shows that through the political system that is in place in America that it is possible for a totalitarian leader can come to power. In 1935 when the book was written the United States was going through The Great Depression; during this time anything was possible. Americans were desperate for an answer and if a leader at this time were providing people with a way back to prosperity, then they would take it. This means that totalitarian government was possible at this time. At this time Germany went through a similar Depression, which led to the rise of Adolf Hitler. Hitler was able to rise to power legally because of Germany was a newly formed democracy that that allowed Hitler to rise to power. The president in the United States at the time was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Hitler and Roosevelt had similarities in the way they came to power and the ways they stayed in power. They both used technology to spread their message of hope and both leaders had the opportunity to call for complete control of the government.

During World War I, Hitler had joined the army and his experience especially his injury was believed to be one of the main reasons for him being so eager to improve his country quickly. His emotions such as pain and hatred towards the army stimulated his hidden ambition. In Germany, Hitler used the power of enabling law to get rid of most things he didn?t want, for example he used his secret polices to arrest the opposition. On the other hand, under the influence of Marxism Stalin emphasized the idea of communism, where all citizens worked for the country is different from the concept of democracy where individuals have priority. In communism, a dictator leader is often needed in order to put the policies into practice, because other political parties cause the communism regime to fall apart, especially in undeveloped countries. The public needed to believe that communism was absolute and the only way to good life in order to make the system work smoothly. The similarities here were that they rejected all opposition political parties, but they used different concepts-Mussolini and Hitler did not introduce the communism idea.

Hitler and Mussolini both came in to power in the early days when their countries, Germany and Italy were facing problems after the Great War. Even then, both Hitler and Mussolini successfully gain and maintain power and control the country.

The rulings of these two leaders had many similarities yet still had some differences. Their beliefs in running the country came to be very alike. Hitler and Mussolini both had negation of parliamentary and democratic political order, the use of violence and of physical strength, and the “revolutionary project” of a new society. Hitler and Mussolini feared any kind of strong and permanent power other than their own. This system of government where many institutions clashed with one another was extremely chaotic, and only the one leader could keep it working.

Rafael Trujillo was the Dominican Republic’s dictator for over 30 years. His rule over the country for 3 decades is a long story to be told. Trujillo is one to think of when remembering the country’s history. He was a man to be feared, keeping control of the country during his two terms of presidency and then as a military land owner exercising authoritarian control. Trujillo was known for his strong anti-black beliefs. He proclaimed the Dominican Republic a white country, only accepting our Indian heritage. For this

On March 23, the government passed the Enabling act, which allowed the government to dispense constitutional forms for four years. This paved the way for him to abolish freedom of the press, disband other political parties, and pass anti-Semitism laws. The nazis had the SS which started as Hitler’s personal bodyguards but eventually controlled all of the regular and secret police forces. They acted as the secret police, created concentration camps, and formed the execution squads and death camps for Jews. Their goal was to further “the Aryan master race”(Spielvogel pg. 822). Both Hitler and Mussolini used fear in order to force the cooperation of their people and to get rid of adversaries that held different views from them. Using the frustration against the government and terror, both rulers were given positions of power which allowed them to slowly amass more power and create a dictatorship. In conclusion, Hitler and Mussolini were similar in many ways due to their indoctrination of children and how they were given the position of

While the State Department was exploring different options to manage Haiti’s economy, there were several other responsibilities that had to be addressed in the Dominican Republic. In 1911, the Domican

Although these two dictators rose to power in ways differing each other, they both had the support of the people, which would eventually lead them to establish their own totalitarian states.

Dictatorship throughout the ages has mainly led to oppression and conflict between people and government. Some of the notoriously bad dictators took office around the 1920’s and 1930’s. There were three main dictators in that time period and they all ran different countries in very different ways. Josef Stalin was known as the dictator of the Soviet Union, he was all about communism and did not care if there was opposition to his ideas. On the other hand, Benito Mussolini was in charge of Italy and all about fascism. Possibly the worst known dictator of all times was Hitler, in charge of, Germany, he was all about Nazism. Each had a different outlook on ruling, but they all did things similarly to lead to nations hatred against them. Basically, their ultimate goal was to do what was best for their countries, however, there want for power tended to get in the way. They all wanted to accomplish many things, they used many different ideas and ways to run their nations. They were all blamed for their nations demise in one way or another. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences between Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini.

They can be considered as the two most dominant and controlling rulers to ever have power. They took advantage of the authority given to them and used it to ruin lives. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin may seem to be very similar but can also be very different. They share similarities of taking power and creating a dictatorship of where they ruled, and have differences based on how they ran their territory and tactics of gaining power. What may seem like two very uniform lives, could also be two divergent lives when looking closer.

The political hierarchy that he set up was to it`s core very simple. If anyone was known to go against him or disagree with how he did things, they would be put to death. Within this political hierarchy, the people lived in a constant state of paranoia not only in the public arena, but also in the private arena (people`s own homes). Trujillo robed the people of the Dominican Republic of that “freedom” within their public and private lives. A textual example of this is, when Minerena speaks out loud, in public about her distaste for el jefe , her whole family was afraid to even associate themselves with their own daughter because she immediately put the safety of herself the family into jeopardy. The people knew that Trujillo was always monitoring their behavior. The controlled private foundations of this oppressive social order led to the increasing tension between the public and the private life because the radicals were not willing to abide by this

Today I heard the quote “There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.” I believe that this means no one can tell you what to think, to imagine, or what you are thinking is wrong. No one can actually get inside your head and stop you from thinking or believing something. I feel like this relates to the Holocaust, of many things. Hitler and the nazis went around telling everyone and sending them messages about how being a Jew, among many others, is bad. However, he couldn't succeed for long with his plan, because anyone can still think what they want and do what they believe in. Another example of this is, when I was younger my parents told me that no one can or should try to change me. No one can restrict

In my opinion people that treat others horribly are people that are jealous. Or they don’t get enough attention. When some people say something bad or funny about them and other people laugh they tend to like the attention. So they tend to treat others horribly for attention.

Hitler and Mussolini purposed ideas about hard work and that no one gets a free ride. Hitler had socialized health care in his country and it made him famous because healthcare was actually helping people (Findley&

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler were totalitarian leaders who rose into power after the end of the First World War. Mussolini seized full power in 1922 after the “March to Rome” while Hitler took control over Germany as its Chancellor in 1933. Being dictators who had become the leader at the helm in the same era, they shared many similarities between the reasons for their rise. Meanwhile, there were still some differences behind their assumption of power.