Hitler And Gandhi Dbq Essay

Both Gandhi and Hitler were influential people. Although Gandhi was from India and Hitler was from Germany, they both had a sense of nationalism. Nationalism differed between Gandhi’s India and Hitler’s Germany. This is represented in a few different ways, Including Gandhi’s peace, Hitler’s violence, and their influence of future generations. They had long lasting effects for not only their nation, but the world. Hitler and Gandhi both had very different views. Gandhi was an advocate for peaceful protests. As seen in Document 2, Gandhi states:
The reason for the struggle having drawn the attention of the world, I know does not lie in the fact that we Indians are fighting for our liberty, but in the fact that the means adopted by us for attaining that liberty are unique and, as far as history shows us, have not been adopted by any other people of whom we have any record. The means adopted are not violence, not bloodshed, not diplomacy as one understands it nowadays, but they are purely and simply truth and non-violence. No wonder that the attention of the world is …show more content…
Gandhi set an example for world peace, while later generations try to not let history repeat itself with the actions taken by Hitler. For example, Ghandi’s Salt March drew worldwide attention and helped advance Indian efforts for independence (Doc 1). Ghandi says “The reason for the struggle having drawn the attention of the world, I know does not lie in the fact that we Indians are fighting for our liberty, but in the fact … as far as history shows us, have not been adopted by any other people of whom we have any record. The means adopted are not violence … they are purely and simply truth and nonviolence (Doc 2). The actions used to raise support and achieve independence was peace, not violence. On the other hand, Hitler influenced the later generations to not follow in his