the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority.
Totalitarianism in italy
After World War I, Italy experienced massive unemployment and high inflation. Soon the country was divided into Socialist and Nationalist parties.This allowed Benito Mussolini to easily take control. In 1919, he heold a meeting and named the members of the Fascist Movement the Fascist Party of Italy. Mussolini encouraged violence to attract new members. In April 1919, the Fascists stormed into the office of the Milan newspaper and destroyed the presses. Landowners also chose to support the Fascists because they didn't plan to take the landowner's land away. In October 1922, Mussolini led the March on Rome which led to Mussolini to become the Prime Minister of Italy. Four years later, he was the leader, or Il Duce of Italy.
Benito Mussolini
Life in Fascist italy
Living in Fascist Italy required absolute obedience. Mussolini wanted everyone to obey him. He had secret police around to watch out for those who opposed him. Up to 1940, only ten people were sentenced death and 4000 arrested. Like many dictators, Mussolini controlled education. Young boys were taught that fighting was okay and girls were taught that giving birth was normal. Like in Nazi Germany, the women were expected to stay home and have a lot of kids
Totalitarianism in germany
Just like Italy, Germany was struggling after World War I. Germany had to pay for the reparations of other countries along it's own. Many people were upset with the government that was in power during the war, so it was easy for Hitler to come to power.
Adolf Hitler
Life in Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany was a lot like Fascist Italy because the two leaders were allies. Hitler used more propaganda in his country. He had radio speeches, newspaper articles, and films. Hitler had the idea of a perfect Aryan race. He saw Jews, Slavs, Homosexuals, and cripples as social outcasts. He blamed everything on the Jews. He wanted to turn the country against them. Eventually, the people no longer wanted the Jews in the country. Hitler sent the Jews to concentration camps, where they were soon killed in "showers" that were gas chambers.