German Government by 1945
- Created by: caitrmills
- Created on: 05-05-18 20:13
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- Government by 1945
- After 1934, Hitler played little part in ministerial meetings and these gradually waned in favour of a more direct style of rule
- Hitler's authority within the Nazi party was unchallenged and the role of lawmaker was effectively vested in him alone
- ** became a very powerful agency of terror
- superimposed his party structure on top of the existing state structure
- created lots of confusion
- Hitler sometimes signed government papers without even reading them
- Himmler established a strong central control over the whole security apparatus of the state - linking party and state agencies
- He 'systematically deprived all Germans of virtually every basic human right they had enjoyed under the Weimar State
- The war has the effect of increased radicalisation of the regime as well as a growth in ** power
- Measures against minority groups became increasingly widespread and crule
- Opposition to the Nazi regime came from...
- the Church
- youth
- the army
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