Rise+of+Fascism+in+Italy+and+Germany

Maria Ota

Compare the rise to power of fascism in Italy and Germany.
 * Prompt:**


 * Thesis:** In both Italy and Germany, the fear of social, economic, and political disorder created a path for Fascism to rise under the rule of Mussolini in Italy and Fascism/Nazism under Hitler in Germany.

Fascism/Nazism: Authoritarian, action-oriented, leader identified with state

__**Italy**__ __**Germany**__
 * Mussolini
 * No coalition between socialists, liberals, and popolari (Christian democracts)
 * Fear of communist revolution, socialism, and disorder made people look up to Fascism
 * Mussolini goes from left to right politics
 * Squadristi
 * armed Fascists attacked socialist offices and newspapers
 * used lots of violence, wore black shirts
 * March on Rome
 * Bluff that scared government into giving Fascists power
 * Acerbo Law
 * any party that wins 25% of votes in the next election would gain 2/3 of the seats in parliamentOVRA
 * Young Fascists
 * Lateran Accords
 * the papacy recognized the state of Italy, with Rome as its capital
 * also recognized Catholicism as "sole religion of the state" with the return of the church urging support of the fascist regime
 * Weimar republic
 * German democratic state didn't have good strong leaders
 * couldn't change basic structure of Germany
 * inflation, economic losses, & Great Depression set up the stage for Nazism/Hitler
 * Hitler
 * __Mein Kampf__
 * 4 major influences on Hitler
 * Georg von Schoherer: urged the union of all Germany into 1 national state
 * Karl Lueger: anti-sentimism
 * Lanz von Liebenfels: anti-sentimim
 * Richard Wagners: made operas that spoke of a boundless will to power and a need to dominate
 * Enabling Act
 * government can dispense without consitutional forms for 4 years while it issued law that would deal with the countries problems

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