One government to rule them all. That is what Hitler and Stalin had in mind when they were trying to create the perfect totalitarian government. Even though neither of them succeeded in doing this, their ideas were all brought together in a book by George Orwell. In 1984 Orwell creates the perfect totalitarian government by taking different parts of Hitler’s and Stalin’s techniques of security, punishment, and propaganda to make Big Brother an unstoppable and insurmountable government.
One of the most important things a good totalitarian government should have is a good sense of security. The way Hitler and Stalin went about this was through the use of secret police and spies. Hitler’s secret police, the Gestapo, was made up of the most intelligent men in the Nazi party. The job these men were to carry out was to …show more content…
Once the Gestapo had enough information, they arrested and savagely punished the criminal (USHMM). Stalin, had a very similar mindset when he created his secret police. The Cheka was the name of the secret police that served Stalin. In the book The Secret Police, author Ted Gottfried explains, “the Cheka role in Stalin’s Communist country was to probe around all the citizens of Russia and capture and punish any citizen suspected of anti-government activity” (par 2). Orwell saw and read about these secret police forces and took the best qualities from both groups and created his version called the “thought police.” Orwell shows the cruelty of the thought police through the beatings they gave their prisoners. “He took his stand opposite the chinless man, and then, at a signal from the officer, let free a frightful blow, with all the weight of
One of the most important things a good totalitarian government should have is a good sense of security. The way Hitler and Stalin went about this was through the use of secret police and spies. Hitler’s secret police, the Gestapo, was made up of the most intelligent men in the Nazi party. The job these men were to carry out was to …show more content…
Once the Gestapo had enough information, they arrested and savagely punished the criminal (USHMM). Stalin, had a very similar mindset when he created his secret police. The Cheka was the name of the secret police that served Stalin. In the book The Secret Police, author Ted Gottfried explains, “the Cheka role in Stalin’s Communist country was to probe around all the citizens of Russia and capture and punish any citizen suspected of anti-government activity” (par 2). Orwell saw and read about these secret police forces and took the best qualities from both groups and created his version called the “thought police.” Orwell shows the cruelty of the thought police through the beatings they gave their prisoners. “He took his stand opposite the chinless man, and then, at a signal from the officer, let free a frightful blow, with all the weight of