Roots of Evil Video Guide Name:________________________
1. Which army was the first to reach Hitler in Berlin?
2. Hitler was responsible for the deaths of 6 million ___________ and hundreds of thousands of
________________ and __________________.
3. Stalin murdered millions of his own _______________.
4. Psychologists believe that both Hitler and Stalin had a(n) _______________ complex.
5. Hitler classified many in Germany of being unworthy to _____________.
6. Which Communist revolutionary noticed Stalin’s ruthlessness and effectiveness and made Stalin one of
his subordinates?
7. Hitler became intrigued by the idea of a pure German ______________ __________.
8. Which event finally gave Hitler his identity?
9. Psychohistorians, and at least one psychologist at the time, believe that Stalin suffered from
________________.
10. What eventually happened to early women in both Stalin’s and Hitler’s lives?
11. Hitler used secret organizations, such as the ___.___. (abv.) and the ________________, to enforce
his police state and eliminate enemies.
12. The murder of Sergei Kirov began an event known in Russian as the Great ___________.
13. During his purges, it is estimated that Stalin eliminated _____ million of his own people.
14. What else happened to any Soviet political figure killed by Stalin?
15. Hitler soon annexed (claimed) _____________ and made it a part of Germany.
16. Although Hitler always planned to attack the Soviet Union, he lulled Stalin into a false sense of
security by signing a _______-_____________ pact.
17. Hitler broke that treaty when he launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of _______________.
18. True or False: Stalin took Hitler’s betrayal in stride and calmly and coolly launched a counterattack.