Adolf Hitler 's Nazi Germany and Josef Stalin 's Soviet Union were totalitarian systems that both had immense control over its country for a period of time. A totalitarian system is a dictatorship that exercises complete control over it 's citizen 's beliefs and actions through every aspects of society. These two systems, reflected in On Hitler 's Mountain and Animal Farm, achieved mind control among their citizens with the uses of propaganda, rewards, and threats or purges. On Hitler 's Mountain is a memoir written by Irmgard A. Hunt focused on growing up as a child while living in Nazi Germany. The satire Animal Farm written by George Orwell is about a farm taken over by animals that has distinctive qualities similar to the Soviet Union.
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By threatening the loss of business, family, and one 's life, Hitler and Stalin manipulated the people of their country using what they feared most. An example of threats and manipulation from On Hitler 's Mountain was the threat to Irmgard 's outspoken grandfather. "After being held overnight, he had received a warning that next time he would be considered an enemy of the people and face the consequences, meaning concentration camp." (On Hitler 's Mountain, pg. 143) When the Nazis didn 't like how unsupportive Irmgard 's grandfather was, they threatened him in order to stop the possible doubts he could be putting in people 's minds about the Nazis. If threats didn 't stop the critics, the leaders of the governments would order massive purges and eliminated anyone and anything that was a threat. As seen in Animal Farm, Napoleon calls a meeting of animals where many of them confess to crimes they have committed. "And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon 's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood..." (Animal Farm, pg. 74) When theses animals came forward to confess a crime that they had committed, they were promptly attacked and killed by Napoleon 's dogs. Even the smallest offense was met with execution and by the end of the ordeal, all of the surviving animals are horrified. The act of threatening people with what they feared most kept critics quiet, leaders in power, and the people scared in these
By threatening the loss of business, family, and one 's life, Hitler and Stalin manipulated the people of their country using what they feared most. An example of threats and manipulation from On Hitler 's Mountain was the threat to Irmgard 's outspoken grandfather. "After being held overnight, he had received a warning that next time he would be considered an enemy of the people and face the consequences, meaning concentration camp." (On Hitler 's Mountain, pg. 143) When the Nazis didn 't like how unsupportive Irmgard 's grandfather was, they threatened him in order to stop the possible doubts he could be putting in people 's minds about the Nazis. If threats didn 't stop the critics, the leaders of the governments would order massive purges and eliminated anyone and anything that was a threat. As seen in Animal Farm, Napoleon calls a meeting of animals where many of them confess to crimes they have committed. "And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon 's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood..." (Animal Farm, pg. 74) When theses animals came forward to confess a crime that they had committed, they were promptly attacked and killed by Napoleon 's dogs. Even the smallest offense was met with execution and by the end of the ordeal, all of the surviving animals are horrified. The act of threatening people with what they feared most kept critics quiet, leaders in power, and the people scared in these