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
- In theory Germany was a one-party totalitarian state. In practice the Nazi Party was limited
- 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
- What was the role of the Nazi Party and the state
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