Question

how was adolf hitler different from joseph stalin?
a. he allowed freedom of the press within germany.
b. he advocated strict german nationalism and support of the aryan race.
c. he killed millions of people whom he perceived to be a threat to germany.
d. his government intervened in the spanish civil war.

Explanation:

• Option A is false: Hitler suppressed press freedom in Nazi Germany, as did Stalin in the USSR.
• Option B is correct: Hitler's ideology centered on German nationalism and Aryan supremacy, while Stalin focused on Soviet communist internationalism and class-based rule, not ethnic nationalism of this type.
• Option C is false: Both leaders oversaw the deaths of millions they viewed as threats (Hitler's Holocaust, Stalin's purges and famines).
• Option D is false: Both the Nazi German and Soviet governments intervened in the Spanish Civil War (Germany supported Franco, the USSR supported the Republicans).

Answer:

B. He advocated strict German nationalism and support of the Aryan race.