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How did Hitler's rule in Nazi Germany exemplify totalitarian rule?
Be sure to explain the characteristics of totalitarian rule, and to what extent this type of government was seen in Nazi Germany Use
evidence from at least five documents in your essay. Support your response with relevant facts, examples, and details.

Answer 1

A totalitarian government is an autocratic dictatorship that seeks to control every aspect of people's lives: from the party or politicians they vote for or support, to their political ideologies, to even the way they dress or the art they consume.

Hitler's rule in Nazi Germany was an example of a totalitarian rule: he not only was a dictator with absolute power, but also wanted to control every aspect of people's life to the standards of the Nazi ideology.