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Comparison: Nazism vs Fascism
| Feature | Italian Fascism | German Nazism |
|---|---|---|
| Leader | Mussolini (Il Duce) | Hitler (Führer) |
| Party | National Fascist Party (PNF) | NSDAP (Nazi Party) |
| Rise to power | March on Rome (Oct 1922); constitutional appointment | Electoral success then constitutional appointment (Jan 1933) |
| Racial theory | Initially weak; not primarily race-based; welcomed Jewish Fascists initially | Central obsession; Aryan supremacy; anti-Semitism fundamental |
| Anti-Semitism | Adopted racial laws only in 1938 (under German pressure) | Core from the start; Holocaust |
| Religion | Lateran Accords (1929) with Catholicism — made peace with Church | Hostile to Christianity as "Jewish" invention; Positive Christianity — Aryanised version |
| Ideology | Glorification of the state; "corporatism"; Roman imperial nostalgia | Racial revolution; Volksgemeinschaft; Lebensraum; total control of society |
| Territorial aims | Mediterranean dominance; new Roman Empire | Eastern European living space; racial empire |
| Economic policy | Partial state control; private property allowed; autarky | Four-Year Plan; rearmament; full employment via military spending |
| End | Executed by partisans April 1945 | Suicide April 1945 |
| Common features | Anti-communism; anti-liberalism; one-party state; cult of violence; leader cult; nationalism; mass mobilisation |