How Did Hitler Influence Joseph Stalin's Paranoia

Today, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are notoriously acknowledged as totalitarian rulers with influential and easily recognizable dynasties. Their legacies consist of war, misery, and death for millions of people where tyrant rulers like Hitler and Stalin are concerned. Fear and misery were major components of their ambitious reigns for world domination, complete with timely and mysterious deaths. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin cultivated their empires through propaganda, secret police, and their paranoid antics that followed them throughout their careers. It was virtually unheard of to use propaganda to strengthen ideas and to encourage citizens to support causes in a political campaign before Hitler and Stalin did. Adolf Hitler designated Joseph Goebbels as the minister of

“Hitler trusted no one, not even his closest advisers. His distrust of others spread to those around him, and continual suspicion was actively encouraged by Hitler” (“Hitler, Adolf”). The absence of accurate information and organization, often directed Hitler toward making choices that impacted his rule negatively. His intelligence organization often fabricated information to escape Hitler’s wrath and sometimes gain favor. Stalin’s paranoia was no different in his tyrannical reign for power. “Stalin also purged his own military because he lived in fear of a coup attempt and reportedly never trusted a single branch of the military… Before Stalin's purges were over, he had been responsible for the deaths of at least 50,000 Soviets… During Stalin's purges, at least 39 million Soviet citizens were sentenced to prison, where many of them died.” (“Stalin, Josef”). Stalin’s purges were a cruel act of power and a devastating tragedy that did not end until several years later. Hitler and Stalin’s mental health caused instability and terror in their rule and resulted in thousands of deaths throughout both of their