Suggestions for the use of written historical sources in "Studying the topic general and specific characteristics of totalitarian political regimes from the interwar period: fascism, nazism, communism" (high school cycle)

A competence specific to the discipline History of Romanians and universal for the middle school and high school cycle, is the Knowledge and interpretation of historical sources. Therefore, in this article, examples of written historical sources are proposed, which can be used for a better knowledge of the totalitarian regimes of the interwar period: fascism, nazism, communism. This necessity appears in the context when, at present, there are already states with authoritarian regimes in Europe, such as Belarus, and states with accentuated totalitarian features, such as Russia. At the same time, the extreme right is gaining more and more popularity in countries such as Germany, Italy. Therefore, written historical sources have an important role in understanding and knowing historical facts, thus developing the student’s critical thinking.