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| − | The term "'''Totalitarian Twins'''" was used by [[François Furet]]<ref>"Furet, borrowing from [[Hannah Arendt]], describes [[Bolshevik]]s and [[Nazism|Nazis]] as totalitarian twins, conflicting yet united." [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19950417/singer (Daniel Singer, ''The Nation'' - April 17, 1995)]</ref> to link [[Communism]] <ref>"The totalitarian nature of Stalin's Russia is undeniable." [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19991213/singer/3 (Daniel Singer)]</ref> | + | [[File:German-Soviet invasion of Poland.jpg|thumb|300px|A Nazi German and Soviet Communist officer shake hands after their successful invasion of Poland in September 1939.]] |
| | + | The term "'''Totalitarian Twins'''" was used by [[François Furet]]<ref>"Furet, borrowing from [[Hannah Arendt]], describes [[Bolshevik]]s and [[Nazism|Nazis]] as totalitarian twins, conflicting yet united." [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19950417/singer (Daniel Singer, ''The Nation'' - April 17, 1995)]</ref> to link [[Communism]]<ref>"The totalitarian nature of Stalin's Russia is undeniable." [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19991213/singer/3 (Daniel Singer)]</ref> |
| | and [[Fascism]].<ref>"The government of [[Nazi Germany]] was a fascist, totalitarian state." [http://www.remember.org/guide/Facts.root.nazi.html (Gary M. Grobman)]</ref> | | and [[Fascism]].<ref>"The government of [[Nazi Germany]] was a fascist, totalitarian state." [http://www.remember.org/guide/Facts.root.nazi.html (Gary M. Grobman)]</ref> |
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| | *While the totalitarian nature of Stalin's Russia is undeniable, I find the thesis of "totalitarian twins" both wrong and unproductive. [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19991213/singer/3 ("Exploiting a Tragedy, or Le Rouge en Noir")] | | *While the totalitarian nature of Stalin's Russia is undeniable, I find the thesis of "totalitarian twins" both wrong and unproductive. [http://www.thenation.com/doc/19991213/singer/3 ("Exploiting a Tragedy, or Le Rouge en Noir")] |
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| − | ==Notes== | + | ==See also== |
| − | <references/>
| + | *[[Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism]] |
| | + | *[[Fascism and National Socialism]] |
| | + | *[[Nazism and socialism]] |
| | + | *[[Communism and Nazism]] |
| | + | *[[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] |
| | + | *[[Chinese Communist collaboration with Japanese war criminals]] |
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| | + | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:Politics]] | | [[Category:Politics]] |
| | [[Category:Communism]] | | [[Category:Communism]] |
| | [[Category:Fascism]] | | [[Category:Fascism]] |