Limits of time

1914 - 1918 world war I		1917
					1922
								1933
1939 - 1945  world war II					1945			1945
		1956
		1989		1991

Origins of totalitarian systems can be found in the events of World War I. Communism was  reaction on the war and at the same time continuation of it. Fascism was build on frustration connected with the end of war. 

Second World War put an end of Italian fascism and nazism - Italy and Germany lost the war. USSR was, on the contrary, the winner. Creating a coalition with United States and Great Britain and contributing to success in "war against fascism" profited acceptance. Having acceptance of governments and public opinion of allied states Stalin could enlarge area of influences including whole Middle - East Europe.

Acceptance of communism went together with condemnation of fascism. Fascism, unlike communism, focused  aggression and terror on citizens of occupied countries. People who passed through fascist terror, living in democratic countries, could freely describe their experiences. Communist government focused (and still focus) terror on it's own citizens. As a result people from democratic countries cannot learn about situation in communist countries. For example: yet after disappearance of communist concentration camps information about them reached public opinion of most countries. People believed Solzenitsyn's description of lagers (soviet concentration camps), not believing earlier descriptions written by Herling - Grudzinsky. Similar example: novadays very few people protest against laogai, since there are very little information about it (laogai is Chinese concentration camp).

Made by Ania Zaremba, Vincent Yau and Kevin Jones