FASCISM AND NAZISM

ITALY

•    ITALIAN LIFE UNDER FASCISM: A virtual exhibit from Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin.

•  ITALY 1900 TO 1939:  A very thorough introduction to the topic.

•    FASCISM: A brief encyclopedia entry.

•   ITALIAN FASCISM, 1919-38: A very brief introduction.

•   MUSSOLINI -- OVERVIEW:  A one-page biography from a British exam revision site.

•   MUSSOLINI AND ABYSSINIA:  A lesson plan from the British National Archives 20th Century Heroes and Villains series.

•   ITALIAN FASCISM: A February 7, 2002 audio report from Sylvia Poggioli on apparent contemporary nostalgia for the Mussolini era.

GERMANY

• GERMANY 1919-39:  A detailed but very accessible overview from John D. Clare.

• LECTURE NOTES, GERMANY AND EUROPE, 1871-1945: A very useful and comprehensive set of notes from Dr. Raffael Scheck at Colby College in Maine.

•    GERMANY, 1919-45: An overview of the period in exam review format.

•   : A series of exercises designed to test your knowledge of Weimar and Nazi era Germany.  Includes the ever-popular Fling the Teacher.

WEIMAR REPUBLIC

NAZISM

•  :  PRE-1933 NAZI PROPAGANDA -- English translations organized by Dr. Randall Bytwerk at Calvin College in Michigan.

• :  NAZI PROPAGANDA --1933-45:  Further materials from Dr. Bytwerk at Calvin College, sources uses for his comparative analysis of Nazi and East German propaganda.

• NAZI PROPAGANDA:  A brief introduction from Dr. David Welch and the BBC.

• GERMANY, HITLER, AND THE TWENTIES: An outlining of Hitler's rise during that decade.

• GERMAN OCCUPATION OF THE RHINELAND, 1936 -- WHAT SHOULD BRITAIN DO ABOUT IT?:  A National Archives lesson plan that asks students to analyze primary documents before rendering a judgment.

•   : A biography of Hitler in 24 short on-line chapters.

•  : The history of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939 in eighteen on-line chapters.

• HITLER:  A one-page biography from a U.K.-based exam revision site.

•    NAZI GERMANY: On-line encyclopedic information from the Spartacus educational site.

• NAZI RULE:  A series of concise one-page descriptions from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

•   NAZISM: A contribution from the free on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia.

• RISE OF FASCISM IN GERMANY -- OVERVIEW:  A very brief synopsis for a British GCSE revision site.

• WORLD HISTORY -- THE RISE OF DICTATORSHIP AND TOTALITARIANISM:  A Wikibooks project that aims to place Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and Franco in comparative context.

LINKS

•   : Web links from an AP European History class.

• WEIMAR REPUBLIC: Provides sources not only for Weimar but for Nazism as well.