Nuts and Bolts
How was Josef Stalin and the Great Purge as bad as or worse than Hitler and the Holocaust? Between 1929 and 1953 the dictator of Russian was a man called Josef Stalin. Sadly, Josef Stalin created a sinister territory throughout his country during his time period. Furthermore, Stalin killed about 20 million Russians during his leadership. He also killed between 1-3 million others in what is known as the Great Purge. The Great Purge was from 1936-1938 a time period where Stalin killed USSR political and military leadership.
Another major leader during the time of Stalin’s leadership was Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany. Adolf Hitler had his own era of terror called the Holocaust that went from 1941-1945. Through those four years Hitler killed 12 million people. During, World War II the Soviet Leader Josef Stalin was as bad as or worse than the German leader Adolf Hitler.
How was Josef Stalin and the Great Purge as bad as or worse than Hitler and the Holocaust? Between 1929 and 1953 the dictator of Russian was a man called Josef Stalin. Sadly, Josef Stalin created a sinister territory throughout his country during his time period. Furthermore, Stalin killed about 20 million Russians during his leadership. He also killed between 1-3 million others in what is known as the Great Purge. The Great Purge was from 1936-1938 a time period where Stalin killed USSR political and military leadership.
Another major leader during the time of Stalin’s leadership was Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany. Adolf Hitler had his own era of terror called the Holocaust that went from 1941-1945. Through those four years Hitler killed 12 million people. During, World War II the Soviet Leader Josef Stalin was as bad as or worse than the German leader Adolf Hitler.
Subtopic 1
Josef Stalin had goals for his country and he
would not let anyone stop him from achieving his goal. This quote shows how
powerful Stalin really was, “Hitler had underestimated the size of the Red army
by about half and tenaciousness of Stalin”, (Smit Vora1). Stalin became leader
in 1924 after the death of Lenin. Suddenly, Stalin gained influence and power among
the Bolsheviks. Stalin’s plan was to transform the Union from a poor society to
an industrial power. How he chose to go through the plan was something called
the Five year plan. First, in 1928 he demanded farmers give up their farm land
to the government, so they can use them for industrial needs. If the farmers
refused they were shot or given an extreme punishment. An estimated twenty million Russians were
killed under Stalin’s ruling. During, his time in office he banned the practice
of Christianity and the Muslim religion. Stalin made everyone follow “Russification.”
Late in 1930 is when Stalin started the
killing spree which is referred to as the Great Purge. Shockingly Stalin never
stopped being leader of the Soviet Union until he died in
Subtopic 2
Great
Purge was the name given to the name of Josef Stalin’s mass murders in 1936 through
1938. This quote is very ironic and came out of Josef Stalin’s mouth himself, “Death
solves all problems - no man, no problem”(Stalin1). Sadly, the Russians’ estimated
about one point one million died in their area during the Purge. Westerners’,
however, estimate about three million and nobody has any record on the
countless numbers that died in labor camps. Approximately eighty-five percent of the army
generals and half of all army officials were the main targets of Stalin. First The
Moscow Trials took place in August 1936and the defendants were Grigory
Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, and Igor Smionov. All had been colleagues of Vladimir
Lenin and Josef Stalin in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Those three men were accused of treason and plotting
with Leon Trotsky to overthrow the government. January 1932 was the second
trial. G.Y Sokolnikov, L.P Serebryako,
and Karl Padek were the defendants. On January 30, 1937 Padek was given a ten
year sentence, while the rest were executed. Finally, the trial in March of
1938 the defendants were Nikolay Ivanovich Buckhann and Alexsey Ivanovich Rysok.
They were leaders of the right-wing opposition to Stalin. They were given the
death sentence on March 13, 1938. The Great Purge was not so great after all!
Subtopic 3
Adolf
Hitler’s rise to power was different from Josef Stalin’s and also how they used
their power differs. This quote shows what Stalin really thought of Hitler and
his ideas, “I agree he was an adventurer, but I can't agree he was mad. Hitler
was a gifted man. Only a gifted man could unite the German people. Like it or
not, the Soviet army had to fight its way into German lands...and reached
Berlin without the German working class ever striking against the Fascist
regime. Could a madman so unite his nation?” (Stalin1). December 1905 Stalin
goes as a delegate to a Bolshevik conference in Finland where he met Lenin for
the first time. In 1922 was the founding of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics. Then in April 1922 Stalin was elected General
Secretary of the Communist Party. Sadly, on January 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin
died. During, Stalin’s time he had two years of terror which was called the
Great Purge. Stalin killed approximately four million by shooting or putting
them in Gulag. However, throughout his time as a leader he killed another twenty
million civilians. All together Josef Stalin killed twice as many people as Hitler
did. Hitler was a demagogue, a
horrible monster. January 30, 1933 Hitler became Paulvon Hiddeburgh’s chancellor.
On August 2, 1934 Paulvon Hiddenburgh died, and Hitler took power. The Holocaust
is a Greek word with holo means whole and caust meaning burned. Beginning
of 1941 Jews from all over Europe as well as hundreds of thousands of European
Gysipes were sent to Polish ghettos. After that, the Germans
invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 marked a new level of brutality in
warfare. As a result, more than 500,000 Soviet Jews were murdered. Sadly, about
12 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Luckily, after the war in
1948 the Allie forces gave the Jewish survivors a homeland called Israel.
Reflection
Throughout this whole
project I have learned information that has showed me how Hitler’s and Stalin’s
minds were contorted. Fortunately, I got to research both Adolf
Hitler and Josef Stalin. Unfortunately, in our education curriculum we are not
taught about the Purge. We are taught posthumously
about the Holocaust and Hitler so we do not allow these actions to repeat. We
are not taught about the Purge at all. Does our education board think that the
Purge is not worth a little time? Do they want history to repeat itself? It
amazes me how kids do not know anything about the Great Purge. Great Purge had
the same effect that the Holocaust did. So why does it not get taught to
children? It deeply upsets me because this is something in life that you should
know so we can make sure it does not happen again.
Throughout this whole
project I have learned information that has showed me how Hitler’s and Stalin’s
minds were contorted. Fortunately, I got to research both Adolf
Hitler and Josef Stalin. Unfortunately, in our education curriculum we are not
taught about the Purge. We are taught posthumously
about the Holocaust and Hitler so we do not allow these actions to repeat. We
are not taught about the Purge at all. Does our education board think that the
Purge is not worth a little time? Do they want history to repeat itself? It
amazes me how kids do not know anything about the Great Purge. Great Purge had
the same effect that the Holocaust did. So why does it not get taught to
children? It deeply upsets me because this is something in life that you should
know so we can make sure it does not happen again.
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