administration of nazi government
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- Nazi Government and Control
- How did Hitler consolidate his power?
- After the death of Hindenburg Hitler was able to consolidate his power
- Hitler was able to establish his dictatorship due to a number of reasons:
- Weakness of the opposition - left-wing destroyed with relative ease
- Legality - partial use of law justified Nazi actions and made it more difficult to resist
- Terror - discouraged resistance and those who oppose were arrested or killed
- Propaganda - used to justify actions and to portray Hitler as acting to save Germany
- Deception - mislead powerful groups to win them over/destroy them
- The role of Hitler and system of government
- From Nazi propaganda - Hitler was presented as an all-powerful, charismatic and dynamic leader
- Death of Hindenburg - Hitler had combined the office of chancellor, president, head of armed forces and official one-part state
- Despite the destruction of opponents/propaganda image - no established system in Third Reich - government and law uncoordinated and haphazard, rivalry between factions of party and state
- Argued that Hitler lacked experience, lazy, left others to do his work - long periods of absence from Berlin + people frightened to make decisions w/out his approval
- = limited role in daily government = ‘working towards the fuhrer’ = more contradictions = Hitler’s uncoordination led to few committee meetings + decline of the role of Cabinet - met 72 times 1933, only 4 in 1936
- Led to radicalisation of policy (i.e policy of terror, genocide, foreign policy)
- = limited role in daily government = ‘working towards the fuhrer’ = more contradictions = Hitler’s uncoordination led to few committee meetings + decline of the role of Cabinet - met 72 times 1933, only 4 in 1936
- Administration
- Limits to Nazi Government
- Friction between state + party institutions
- old institutions not destroyed - ** ran along side police power and held same powers - ** police system often acted above the law - judiciary continued to function but its role was limited
- Nazi party was designed to attract support not to govern - despite hierarchical system - gov not effective
- e.g gualiters (regions) priority was to preserve their interests - often resisted both state and party institutions
- Friction between state + party institutions
- portrayed themselves as centralised, organised power
- 1938 Rudolf Hess (dep fuhrer) insisted civil servants were party members - to increase party influence
- Supervision of party members increased + Martin Boorman created 'Department for Internal Party Affairs' - aimed to discipline party structure
- By 1939 - party had strengthened position
- Divisions within party and state(e.g ** called Himmler's 'state in a state') and influence of gauliters weakened its position
- Limits to Nazi Government
- How did Hitler consolidate his power?
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