Links for Chapter 13
Rejections of Democracy: the Interwar Years and World War II, 1917 to 1945
From Bolshevism to Stalinism
Why does the Russian Revolution Matter?: essay on its hundredth anniversary.
What you need to know first to understand the Russian Revolution: a series of columns from the Smithsonian.
Joseph Stalin: National hero or cold-blooded murderer?: evaluation from article of the BBC.
Understanding Stalin: evaluation from 2014 based on new information from Russian archives.
On Fascism
Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism: short essay from Constitutional Rights Foundation.
The Story of Fascism in Europe: video by travel author Rick Steves.
Guernica: Testimony of War: a view of Spanish fascism using Picasso's painting.
How did Hitler happen?: page from National World War II museum.
The Rise of the Nazis: a series of videos from PBS.
On the Holocaust
The Simon Wiesenthal Center: many resources provided by a Jewish advocacy group tied to museums of tolerance and named after the famed Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.