Stalin welcomed Marxism, a philosophy introduced by his predecessor, Vladimir Lenin. Even when Stalin reached his peak of power, he honored Lenin as the father of the Soviet Communist Party (Frankel, 2000, 134-139). Hitler, on the other hand, had to develop his own philosophy. This led to the Nazi Party's disjointed belief system, based on a combination of violence, racism, and distorted German Christianity; the only thing holding these things together was an acute form of anti-Semitism. Both Stalin and Hitler proclaimed their zeal for his morality and claimed that humanity would be saved if only they were followed worldwide (Frankel, 2000, 134-139). Stalin and Hitler also agreed that society should be managed empirically or by scientific methods. The Soviet Union implemented this empirical ideology by introducing “five-year plans,” including agricultural reforms and the creation of the gulag, a set of labor camps. Hitler adopted this idea and translated it into the “Four Year Plan”. This plan brought a rapid restoration of the German army and cold, orderly characteristics of the concentration camps. Stalin and Hitler attempted to justify their cruel programs by claiming that they were necessary for the advancement of science and technology (Frankel, 2000: 134-139). But even though Stalin and Hitler were similar in their actions, their political views were different.