SYSTEM OF GOV Flashcards
Where is there evidence of Hitler being a ‘lazy’ leader?
Sleeping pattern and absence from Berlin for long periods of time made effective government difficult.
What area of government was not clear and established?
The system for Cabinet government. Meaning government and law emerged in a very haphazard way.
What was the process of members of the Nazi party making decisions by interpreting Hitler’s wishes?
“Working towards the führer”
How many times did the cabinet meet in 1933? How many times in 1936?
72 times in 1933.
4 times in 1936.
What did the decline in the Cabinet result in?
The radicalisation of policy, most clearly seen in the policy of terror, genocide and foreign policy.
How was Nazi power limited in terms of administration?
Established state institutes remained, and there was division within the actual party itself.
How did established state institutions limit Nazi power?
Old institutions were not destroyed and the civil servants who ran these bodies were often conservative in outlook and remained in post.
How did the SS represent confusion and overlap between state institutions and party organisations?
The SS was a strictly party organisation but in practice had police powers and ran alongside police organisations.
What was the principle basis of the Nazi party?
Based on hierarchy and Fuhrerprinzip. This did not lead to effective government.
What did Rudolf Hess insist about administration after 1938?
All civil servants had to be Nazi party members.
