0 s , ▁N ol te ▁was ▁a ▁target ▁of ▁student ▁protest ers , ▁an ▁experience ▁that ▁left ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁dist aste ▁for ▁the ▁West ▁German ▁left . ▁For ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁all ▁of ▁N ol te ' s ▁classes ▁were ▁boy c otted ▁by ▁radical ▁students , ▁who ▁demanded ▁N ol te ' s ▁dismiss al , ▁an ▁experience ▁that ▁some ▁such ▁as ▁John ▁L uk acs ▁and ▁Charles ▁S . ▁Ma ier ▁have ▁cred ited ▁with ▁N ol te ' s ▁radical ▁change ▁of ▁views ▁about ▁the ▁National ▁Social ist ▁period . ▁Later ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁N ol te ▁was ▁to ▁reject ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁generic ▁fasc ism ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁champion ed ▁in ▁The ▁Three ▁F aces ▁of ▁F asc ism ▁and ▁instead ▁moved ▁closer ▁to ▁emb rac ing ▁total itar ian ▁theory ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁explaining ▁both ▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁and ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁N ol te ▁argued ▁then ▁that ▁Naz i ▁Germany ▁was ▁a ▁" mir ror ▁image " ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁" techn ical ▁detail " ▁of ▁mass ▁g ass ing , ▁everything ▁the ▁Naz is ▁did ▁in ▁Germany ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁done ▁by ▁the ▁Commun ists ▁in ▁Russia . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 6 3 ▁non - f iction ▁books ▁Category : Book s ▁about ▁fasc ism ▁Category : Book s ▁about ▁commun ism <0x0A>