Adolf Hitler And Castro Similarities

Adolf Hitler and Fidel Castro have lots of similarities and differences. For example they both used the weakness of their enemies, propaganda and sense of nationalism. They also have differences such as Castro came into power with a revolution while Hitler didn’t. Hitler was part of Nazi Party while Castro didn’t have a party. It was just him and his supporters. On their rise to power both Hitler and Castro used the weakness of their opponents. For Hitler it was the Weimar Government and for Castro it was Batista. Batista was seen as an American puppet as he made an agreement with the US which stated that he would protect US business interests when he comes to power. This situation though calls for the comparison of the policies implemented

Economically Castro’s goal always was to make Cuba a country in itself. All of the policies formed were with the revolution and what it stood for in mind but economically he was brought down by the US trade embargo because it meant he was unable to have new goods like cars shipped into the country. Thus keeping Cuba for the longest time as a poor country. Hitler focused economically on 4 main concepts and plans11, the first being the belief that everyone should have a job. By 1939, there was almost 0 unemployment in Germany. The second was that the Nazis set up the a program focusing on what they called “the Beauty of Work” to help Germans see that work was good, and that everyone who could work should. It was the most manipulative aspect of his economic policy because in reality although they got paid, hours were long and hard under Hitler. The third was known as re-armament which was basically the idea that guns were necessary for

When Castro first came to power in Cuba, the population of people of colour in Cuba was disproportionately poor, lacking sufficient medical care, social services and educational opportunities. Castro believed that such overt racism was in direct conflict with his commitment to social justice and equality and passed policies to desegregate beaches, parks, work sites and social clubs. He outlawed all forms of legal and overt discrimination, including discrimination in employment and education. Castro also worked to increase the number of Afro-Cuban political representatives, with the percentage of Black members on the Council of State expanding from 12.9% in 1976 to 25.8% by 2003. When talking about Hitler’s policies impacts on minorities in this circumstance jews should be eliminated, not because they are not important but because it is already well known fact, the issues between Hitler and the Jews. In saying that though Nazi’s saw many groups including: homosexuals, black Germans, Jehovah’s Witnesses and the disabled as