Hitler and Mao Paper two evidence/similarities

Legal methods

• Laws to attack their political party oppositions (Banning of opposition parties and the PRC constitution which instated the CCP as the only single-party rule)

• Both used laws to expand their power (enabling act and agrarian reform law)

• Both used laws in order to manipulate the roles of women ( Marriage order law and Marriage law)

Use of force

• Both purged their parties (Night of Long Knives and Deng Xiaoping) 

• Both used camps to punish the opposition (concentration camps and Laogai (reform through labor)

• Both target their opponents through violent movements (kristanallcht and the anti rightist movement)

Leadership

• Both used laws in order to expand their power (Enabling act and Agrarian reform law)

• Purified their own political parties through violence (Night of long Knives and purging of Deng Xiaoping) 

• Use of literature  to display their leadership values, which were then perpetuated by their loyal followers (Red Books and Mein Kampf)

Propaganda

• Censorship of media (Reich chamber of culture and visula arts and the Five man group) 

• The image of women and using it to their benefit ( the Marriage law which encourage women to have more than 4 children and the Iron girls/women hold up half the sky)

• Targeting a common enemy ( Jews for being buisnessowners, Numbemburg laws and intellectuals and landlords through the antirightest movement)

Treatment of opposition

• Purification of their own party (Night of Long Knives and Deng Xiaoping) 

• Banning of other political parties through legislation (Banning opposition parties and the PRC constitution which stated that only the CCP was a valid political party)

• The use of countryside reform camps such as the concentration camps (Nuremberg laws and the Laogai camps (reform through labour program)

Timeline

Nazi germany 1934-1935, PRC 1949-1976

Economic policies

• Increased investment in industrialization: The Reinhardt Program (1933) invested in public works (e.g., Autobahns) to reduce unemployment.The First Five-Year Plan (1953–1957), modeled after Soviet industrialization, led to some growth in steel and coal production.

• Control over work life and leisure life: The Danwei (work-unit) system controlled workers’ daily lives, ensuring loyalty to the CCP.The Strength Through Joy (KdF) Program provided workers with leisure activities, reinforcing loyalty to the regime.

• Forced cheap labor: Concentration camps and Laogai camps were used in order to help pursure industrialization goals for cheap