Take the tour ×  There were some similarities between the two
brilliant statesmen. Both Bismarck and Hitler were against
popular forms of governments such as democracy. Bismarck and
Hitler both had similar disdain for socialism, though Hitler was
much more tyrannical. Bismarck simply framed the socialists for
an assassination attempt on the German emperor while Hitler
burned down the Reichstag building to further his anti-socialist
propaganda. However, Hitler believed in transforming the world
into a Nazi Earth while Bismarck believed that Germany should
gain whatever land it deserves.  The German Chancellor Otto von
Bismarck, mastermind of the German unification, and the
charismatic dictator of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, were
similar in many respects. Both were brilliant statesman, masters
of manipulating the interests of others in order to achieve
their goals. Both practiced realpolitik, willing to backstab,
connive, and use blatantly illegal methods to gain power and
prestige, both for themselves and f