The article presents a discussion on the psychological effects of National Socialist and Communist teachings on unlikely followers of those political and social systems. The article describes statements made by a representative individual from National Socialist Germany and from the Communist Soviet Union which indicate a deep inner connection to each country's political ideology in spite of the person's heritage. The people under discussion include Stepan Podlubnyj, the son of a wealthy Soviet peasant, and Samuel Perel, a Jewish member of the German National Socialist Party.