Two key events in European history were the collectivization that occurred in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and the final solution in Nazi occupied Europe, courtesy of Adolf Hitler. There were many similarities and differences between these two events. Although there is some variation between the two occurrences, both irrevocably changed Europe and the world. The process of collectivization was a policy of forced consolidation of peasant households into collective farms and it was enforced in the Soviet Union during the early 20th century. Around the same time in Germany, Adolf Hitler was coming to power and a few years later the Holocaust was transpiring. Both Stalin and Hitler had strict views and rigid practices which led to death
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Although both events transpired because of a change in government, in Germany the final solution was a result of a new chancellor coming to power. In the Soviet Union, the process of collectivization occurred because of a new policy known as the 5 Year Plan. Hitler’s rise to power allowed him to spread his anti-semitism beliefs more efficiently and cause a greater number of people to have beliefs similar to his own. Stalin’s 5 Year Plan was put into place to increase production and industrialization in order to allow the Soviet Union to catch up to the modernized world. However, the result of Stalin’s 5 Year Plan was not the increased production and industrialization that he had hope for. Instead it only led to famine, death and destruction just as Hitler’s final solution. Another differentiation between the two events is that Hitler’s government actively helped him, but Stalin’s government did not because he was too paranoid and did not trust them; He had many of them killed. The victims of the events also differed as the Nazis mainly persecuted religious groups and Stalin mainly persecuted social …show more content…
Several similarities were between how the events transpired, including the mass eradication and starvation that occurred. Additionally, there were commonalities between the leaders of Germany (Hitler) and the Soviet Union (Stalin). Both leaders were active in the demise of the scapegoats of their respective country. However, there were also various differences between how Hitler and Stalin aced upon accomplishing their goals. Although both suffered from paranoia to a certain extent, Stalin was filled with a greater amount of paranoia than Hitler, leading to his orders to kill anyone he thought was against him even if they had not acted in a manner that confirmed Stalin’s suspicion. Hitler on the other hand received active participation from his government, which enabled him to more efficiently attempt to completely eradicate the Jewish population. Also, the world's response to these events was different as the Soviet Union tried to hide their terrible acts from the world and did so successfully for a long time. Even now, there is much unknown about the ongoings of the Great Terror and the policy of collectivization that Stalin followed. Contrarily, there is much known about Hitler’s heinous
Although both events transpired because of a change in government, in Germany the final solution was a result of a new chancellor coming to power. In the Soviet Union, the process of collectivization occurred because of a new policy known as the 5 Year Plan. Hitler’s rise to power allowed him to spread his anti-semitism beliefs more efficiently and cause a greater number of people to have beliefs similar to his own. Stalin’s 5 Year Plan was put into place to increase production and industrialization in order to allow the Soviet Union to catch up to the modernized world. However, the result of Stalin’s 5 Year Plan was not the increased production and industrialization that he had hope for. Instead it only led to famine, death and destruction just as Hitler’s final solution. Another differentiation between the two events is that Hitler’s government actively helped him, but Stalin’s government did not because he was too paranoid and did not trust them; He had many of them killed. The victims of the events also differed as the Nazis mainly persecuted religious groups and Stalin mainly persecuted social …show more content…
Several similarities were between how the events transpired, including the mass eradication and starvation that occurred. Additionally, there were commonalities between the leaders of Germany (Hitler) and the Soviet Union (Stalin). Both leaders were active in the demise of the scapegoats of their respective country. However, there were also various differences between how Hitler and Stalin aced upon accomplishing their goals. Although both suffered from paranoia to a certain extent, Stalin was filled with a greater amount of paranoia than Hitler, leading to his orders to kill anyone he thought was against him even if they had not acted in a manner that confirmed Stalin’s suspicion. Hitler on the other hand received active participation from his government, which enabled him to more efficiently attempt to completely eradicate the Jewish population. Also, the world's response to these events was different as the Soviet Union tried to hide their terrible acts from the world and did so successfully for a long time. Even now, there is much unknown about the ongoings of the Great Terror and the policy of collectivization that Stalin followed. Contrarily, there is much known about Hitler’s heinous