The Nazi Political System

​The role of Hitler

• ​Encouraged rivalries between departments as it meant less opposition to himself.

• ​Lacked experience.

• ​His lifestyle did not fit in with controlling a government.

• ​Absent from Berlin for long periods.

Open Ended

According to Hitler's personal assistant, what else was wrong with Hitler's style of leadership?

​The role of Hitler

• ​Played a limited role in day-to-day government.

• ​He was unwilling to make decisions.

• ​He did not have much contact with his ministers.

• ​They had to interpret his wishes: working towards the Fuhrer.

​Fuhrerprinzip

• ​The leadership principle: a one-party state led by one all-powerful leader.

• ​Hitler alone knew what the German people wanted.

• ​Many Germans accepted that Hitler was their saviour, partly because of the weak Weimar Germany.

Multiple Choice

What was 'working towards the Fuhrer'?

• Competing against other departments

• Giving Hitler suggestions on policy

• Interpreting Hitler's wishes

Multiple Choice

What was the Fuhrerprinzip?

• The leadership principle

• Parliamentary government

• Rule by Civil Service

• Rule by courts

Open Ended

What is the view of Willikens about Hitler's role in the government of Germany?

Open Ended

What evidence backs up what Willikens has said?

Open Ended

Give a strength of the author (provenance).

Open Ended

Give a weakness of the author.

Multiple Choice

What law passed legislative powers to Hitler (away from the Reichstag)?

• The Law for the Protection of People and State

• The Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich

• The Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich

• The Enabling Act

Poll

How important was the Reichstag in Hitler's Germany?

• Very

• Moderately

• Partially

• Not very

​Cabinet

​What are the current positions in the British cabinet?

Multiple Choice

What was the main function of the Reich Chancellery?

• Run the Civil Service

• Draw up laws and decrees

• Discuss policy

• Discipline the party