Nature of Nazi government 1934-39
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- Created on: 05-05-18 20:44
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- Nature of Nazi government 1934-39
- Leadership
- Nazi state operated on the policy of Furherprinzip
- Every area of life had someone in charge to tell people what to do
- Essential to work together and not make their own decisions
- Intiative was frowned upon
- Important to work as a nation and think only of the good of the nation
- Nazi state operated on the policy of Furherprinzip
- Volksgemeinschaft
- 'people's community'
- Nazis wnated nation to work for the common good
- People are expected to obey the Nazi government and sacrifices for the nation
- Control
- Important feature
- 26 April 1933 - Goering established Gestapo
- Gestapo-controlled concentration camps were set up to manage prisioners
- Control 'political matters'
- Administration
- Done by civil service + Wilhelm Frick = Ministry of Interior
- 'Reformed' Frick's civil service came in conflict with Reich special agencies + Nazi party officials
- Ran on fuhrerprinzip
- Nazi party would intervene where there were gaps in the civil service
- Civil service decisions took a lot of planning but were regularly overruled by Nazi principle
- Decision-making
- Hitler left decision-making to others
- Everyone needed to be aware of the broad principle of what Hitler wanted
- 'working towards the fuhrer'
- Hitler stopped people working together to form policy as this made it easier for opposition groups to form
- Those who were loyal got more power and responsibility
- One Nation
- Nazi against the division of Germany into Lander
- Wanted a centralised state, with centralised administration
- March 1933 - Lander stripped of many power
- 30 January 1934 - Law of Reconstruction of the Reich terminated the Lander. Germany had unity that overrode regional differences
- Lander was to be reorganised, with Frick running regional and local government
- Never really achieved. Frick's civil service frequently came in conflict with Gauleiters
- Leadership
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