Hitler and the System of Government and Administration - Germany

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  • Hitler and the System of Government and Administration
    • What was the role of the Nazi Party and the state
      • In theory Germany was a one-party totalitarian state. In practice the Nazi Party was limited
        • It never destroyed state-established institutions
        • Party divisions remained
      • As the bureaucracy was already effective, Hitler didn't do anything to change old institutions and he never clarified the judiciary's relationship with the Party
      • There was confluict and confusion in the party, creating dualism. The forces of the Nazi Party (the Hitler Youth, ** and Gauleiters were rivals to the central government
      • After 1938 Rudolf Hess insisted that civil servants had to be party members and increased party supervision
      • Bormann introduced the Department for Internal Party Affairs and the Department for Affairs of State
    • What was Hitler's role?
      • All-powerful dictator; the will of the Fuhrer was the law of Germany
      • Hitler still faced some opposition, including some sections of central government and the **
      • Limitations of Hitler's role
        • Hitler enjoyed long sleeping hours and trips from Berlin
        • Hitler relied on subordinates to put his wishes into practice
        • There was no all-embracing constitution in the Third Reich. The government emerged in a haphazard form
        • No individual could control all aspects of government
      • Hitler avoided decision making and talking with ministers: he was "working towards the Fuhrer"
      • Hitler didn't like paperwork and he didn't co-ordinate government well. The Cabinet only met four times in 1936
      • War in 1939 - Hitler was at the front but didn't allow cabinet meeting and decisions were only made by seeing Hitler, controlled through Bormann

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