HIST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mein Kampf, Sue Taylor (Producer), Totalitarianism
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There was so much happening in this unit, it was interesting to learn about our past rulers mistakes and triumphs. There was so much hate and violence in the name of power. During the great depression the representative governments collapsed. Hitler was a cunning man who wowed the crowds over with his speeches and propaganda. It was interesting to learn how he addressed the people; a snippet from. Mein kampf found in our text tells me how blind the masses were that they could not see hitler was controlling them by calling them ignorant, simple, and incapable of reading in-depth publications: The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small. And in earlier chapters we learn that like hitler, mussolini used mass propaganda techniques and violent scare tactics to win over the masses, he was also a powerful military leader. (867) One thing that was interesting to me about this unit was the purges.
