Efficiency of the Nazi State
- Created by: Molly
- Created on: 30-05-13 16:07
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- Efficiency of the state
- Strong Dictator
- Intentionalist view
- Hitler Myth
- Weak dictator
- chaotic decision making
- structualist view
- Hitler was lazy
- others initiated action
- 1935 Nuremburg laws
- 1938 Kristallnacht
- Aktion T4 euthanasia policy
- chaotic state
- no clear decision making procedures
- polycracy
- state too chaotic for Hitler to be in control
- Role of Hitler
- took control in policy he was interested in
- foreign policy
- rejected T of V
- developed expansionist plans
- 1938 Anschluss
- 1936 Four year plan
- 1936 remilitarised rhineland
- 1937 removed Blomberg and Fritsch
- foreign policy
- took control in policy he was interested in
- Working towards the Fuhrer
- policy developed reflecting Hitler's wishes
- why: potential career advancement
- e.g Goebbels forming Kristallnacht to win over Hitler
- Why: Hitler Myth and belief he would save Germany
- Why: Fuhrerprinzip- all power and authority rested with Hitler
- 3rd Reich = a Darwinian Jungle
- Hitler a dictator who did not have to dictate
- strongest person or idea will and should prevail
- chaotic and competitive state was best
- cumulative radicalisation
- State became more extreme after 1930s
- State became dominated by **
- radical and foreign policy become ever more extreme
- absence of legal restraints
- human life not considered valuable
- working towards the Fuhrer
- efficient state with an all-powerful ruler ?
- Hitler not in control of all decision making in Germany
- state had a polycratic and chaotic structure
- Hitler did not control all aspects of policy
- Hitler intervened directly in areas he considered important
- others depended on Hitler's favour to advance in their careers
- Strong Dictator
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