Research Paper on:
Germany's Nazi Party and Fascism's Rise

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defined as "a tendency toward strong autocratic or dictatorial control ... by forcible suppression of opposition" (Information Systems and Services, 2002). No sane population of people would willingly choose this  form of government if they knew what they were getting into but Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and others were able to inflict this form of governing on entire nations. These and  other leaders were able to co-opt their home nations. Fascism is based on ancient symbols and styles. Consider: the axe-and-bundled sticks, which was Mussolinis symbol in Italy - this  one began as the woodsmans symbol, which was a sign of Roman conquest and the Roman empire (Information Systems and Services, 2002). Hitlers Nazi swastika was an ancient Hindu  religious symbol (Information Systems and Services, 2002). In fact, as anyone who has visited the catacombs in Rome knows, this is the very symbol used by Christians as a secret  symbol during the Roman persecution of Christians. The rising-sun was a symbol of religion and national pride by militarists in Japan and it became Maos logo (Information Systems and Services,  2002). Finally, Stalin took the symbol of hammer-and-sickle and that had been the workers own liberation symbol (Information Systems and Services, 2002). These symbols are essential to the discussion of  the rise of fascism, in general, and the rise of Nazi power in Germany, in particular, because it illustrates one tactic of these brutally cruel and insane dictators. By using  symbols the population already associated with positives, these leaders were able to seduce their national populations into believing what they were promoting would benefit the people. The trade unions  during that era realized more quickly than the general population that fascist leaders were dangerous. Consider what Hitler did. Under Hitler, the Nazis promised trade unions that they would