<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The neutrality of this article is disputed . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article or section possibly contains previously unpublished synthesis of published material that conveys ideas not attributable to the original sources . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article or section possibly contains previously unpublished synthesis of published material that conveys ideas not attributable to the original sources . Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A number of authors have carried out comparisons of Nazism and Stalinism, in which they have considered the issues of whether the two ideologies were similar or different, how these conclusions affect understanding of 20th century history, what relationship existed between the two regimes, and why both of them came to prominence at the same time . The answers to all these questions are disputed . During the 20th century, the comparison of Stalinism and Nazism was made on the topics of totalitarianism, ideology, and personality . Both regimes were seen in contrast to the liberal West, with an emphasis on the similarities between the two, while their differences from each other were minimized . Political theorists like Hannah Arendt, Carl Friedrich and American geostrategist Zbigniew Brzezinski were prominent advocates of this "totalitarian" interpretation . </P>

How was germany different from the other totalitarian countries