page_title: Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism
section_title: Henry Rousso, Nicholas Werth and Philippe Burrin
hierarchical_section_title: Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism / Henry Rousso, Nicholas Werth and Philippe Burrin
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Nicolas Werth, französischer Historiker English: Nicolas Werth, a French historian
context_page_description: A number of authors have carried out comparisons of Nazism and Stalinism in which they have considered the similarities and differences of the two ideologies and political systems, what relationship existed between the two regimes, and why both of them came to prominence at the same time. During the 20th century, the comparison of Nazism and Stalinism was made on the topics of totalitarianism, ideology and personality cult. Both regimes were seen in contrast to the liberal West, with an emphasis on the similarities between the two.
  The political scientists Zbigniew Brzezinski, Hannah Arendt and Carl Friedrich and historian Robert Conquest were prominent advocates of applying the totalitarian concept to compare Nazism and Stalinism. On the other hand, there is a revisionist school including Michael Geyer and Sheila Fitzpatrick that highlights the differences between Nazism and Stalinism.
context_section_description: The topic of comparisons between Nazism and Stalinism was also studied in the 1990s and 2000s by historians Henry Rousso, Nicolas Werth and Philippe Burrin.
caption: Nicolas Werth
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