An extreme form of nationalism
Fascism
This position allowed Hitler was able to gain power without being elected president
What is the Chancellor
When a government exerts total control over a nation and violently silences those who disagree, you generally have this type of government
What is totalitarianism
The Holocaust officially began in this year
What is 1933
This is the policy that the League of Nations took against Hitler's aggression in the 1930s
What is the policy of appeasement?
The first country to have fascism
What is Italy?
The democratic government Germany had after WWI
What is the Weimar Republic
The Five Year Plan was focused on improving what part of Russian society and economy?
What is industrialization
The Holocaust targeted these groups other than Jews
Who are homosexuals, communists/socialists, trade unionists, political activists, Roma/gypsies
Hitler began to rebuild this institution in 1935
What is the German army
This person was the leader of the Italian fascist party
These acts allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany's parliament
There was a power struggle between these two men after Lenin died.
This was a major turning point at the end of the German stage of the Holocaust where increased violence against Jews were targeted
What is Kristallnacht
Hitler broke the German-Russian Non Aggression Pact in what year?
Name three elements of fascism according to author Jason Stanley
Mythic Past, Anti-Intellectualism, Unreality, Hierarchy, Victimhood, Law & Order, Patriarchy/Strict Gender Roles, Rural Base
This year is considered the year when Germany becomes a fascist state
What is 1933
This was a major group of people who Stalin purged during his rule
Army generals, kulaks, those who didn't want to be communist, Ukrainian nationalists
These are the laws that made it illegal for Jews and non-Jews to marry, for Jewish people to hold many jobs or own businesses, and revoked German citizenship for Jewish people
What are the Nuremberg Laws
This battle in the Soviet Union was a major turning point in favor of the Allies in WWII
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
When a nation is created for those historically colonized by another nation (what form of nationalism)
What is Post-colonial Nationalism
The article in the Weimar Republic that allowed the President to remove all human rights protections and potentially abuse power
What is Article 48
During his rule, Stalin saw it as his job to create what stage in the evolution towards communism.
What is the dictatorship of the proletariat
This was the name of units that killed over 60,000 Jews, primarily in eastern Europe/western Russia
What are Einsatzgruppens (German mobile killing units)
This country was the last country to surrender in WWII
Who is Japan?