THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE COMMUNISTs...?

Question

state which groups feared a communist government, and explain why....

Explain why the Nazis appealed to these people

(KS3 history essay)

Answer 1

the nazis were against communism, as the nazi state was capatilist.

i believe that quite a lot of working class people traditionally are in favour of communism due to the communist idea that the working class are being used by rich people to make them money.

so the people generally against communism are middle and upper classes, who favour liberal ideas of freedom and being asble to make money.

Answer 2

Maybe WHY Communists in the US were unpopular will help you understand--Communists do not believe in private ownership of property. That's why they are called "commune-ists." That means no one owns a house, a car, or a business. Neither are people allowed to amass capital--that means no long term savings or investments. In Russia, in 1917, during the Communist takeover many people were thrown out of their own homes and groups of other, poorer people were just put into them. The people who had worked to own their homes and businesses lost everything. The Communists felt justified in doing so because the poor had suffered without having opportunity, but two wrongs don't make a right.

So, to answer your question, anyone who owned any property of any value--a house, farm, investments or business would have feared the Communists. Since a majority of Americans were/are vested in the system by home, land or business ownership, nearly everyone would have feared the possibility of Communists gaining power and making wholesale changes to the system. Besides, Americans would have never accepted such a system--civil war would have erupted. People will fight to protect what they value--their investments and life's work and savings. Americans are fiercely independent--and don't really want to depend on the government--although it could be argued (rightly) that this is changing if not already changed.

In addition, many poor in America would have feared the Communists, because to American poor (especially immigrants) Communists represented the loss of opportunity to become a property owner. That's often the reason immigrants come here in the first place--America is the land of opportunity. The possibility of losing that opportunity would be strong motivation for immigrants and the poor to fear Communists.

I'm not sure the Nazis would have appealed specifically to property owners, but probably to people who have prejudices against Catholics, Jews, gays, gypsies, and immigrants.

You should read any of the works by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Although anti-Semitic, he writes clearly and honestly about the Soviet Communist system in The Gulag Archipelago and The First Circle.

Answer 3

anybody with half a brain feared communists. They were in power in Russia and by 1918 had an excellent record- treason (sabotaging Russia's war effort against Austria and Germany), incessant civil war, mindless confiscation of food crops and property- most of which was later allowed to rot, since they had no idea of how to manage anything.
You must realise that the cold blooded murder of the Tsar was a shocking event- the tsar had relatives in all the ruling families of Europe. However the fact that the tsar was murdered together with all his family and children was even more shocking. Also shocking were the mass murders of each and every oppositionist and their families by the bolsheviks. And these were the same people who wanted to rule the world?

The major appeal of the nazis was that they opposed communism. The fact that these two movements are almost identical in policy and ideology was overlooked- simply because nazis (mostly ex-soldiers) promised organised and disciplined measures, while communists were seen as anarchistic murderers.

Answer 4

any cultural (literature,theatre etc) groups were opposing communist governments (wouldnt say 'fear' them), as communists preferred the mass not to be too educated, not to be individual, in case they realise what was going on and would do something. so anybody who was different, too smart, too brave, too gay, were the enemies...jews were not, as most members of a communists government (especially in Eastern Europe) were jews (no offence to any jews).
they kept a close eye on sportsmen, as they represented their countries abroad,they could have got into big trouble if they said anything bad about the political situations.
and any religion cause they could move a lot of people like an underground movement.
the Nazis made 'room' for individuals, they needed good ideas and used them, and showed a goal (great big country, bright future etc) what they wanted to achieve, that's why they got the support of many great minds, not just the rascist ones. meanwhile the communists had no future to show, they only operated through fear, if you didnt do as you were told, you just disappeared...

the nazis created a 'nation' ,while the communists were killing their own.

i'm not a Nazi before i get any comments on that...

Answer 5

jews gays any religion sports except football stalin like it too much.
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