How Did Nazi Dictatorship Work
How did the Nazi dictatorship work? A review of historiography.
Author: Ron Grant 2010
Introduction: A trawl of Advanced Higher History past papers establishes the importance of awareness of the personality and role of Hitler, his leadership skills – or even lack of them? – and the changing nature of the movement led by him. How did the Nazi party change as it moved from the struggle for power to the “Machtergreifung” of 30 January 1933 and the consolidation of power thereafter? Tim Kirk in Nazi Germany (2007) observes: “It was an approach to government and to leadership that contrasted very starkly with Stalin’s obsessive will to control all aspects of policy.” (P49).
Many years ago, Hugh Trevor-Roper in The Last Days of Hitler …show more content…
These men were to spearhead the wartime genocide. But they were younger. Heydrich (born 1904) headed a staff of whom in 1939 two thirds of those in leadership positions were aged 36 or under (Mark Roseman, op.cit., p17)
Mark Mazower: “Hitlers Empire: Nazi rule in Occupied Europe,” 2008) reviewed in SATH Resources Review, No. 41, September 2009) charts the radiating waves of policy pulsing from Himmler to Heydrich and to loyal satraps such as Odibo Globocnic.
In addition when exploring the role of the Nazi judiciary the essay by Anthony McElligott in Anthony McElligott and Tim Kirk (editors) “Working Towards the Führer” op cit is rewarding reading. The contribution by Jeremy Noakes: “Hitler and the Nazi state: leadership, hierarchy and power” in Jane Caplan (editor): “Nazi Germany” 2008 (reviewed in SATH Resources Review, No. 40, February 2009) is crucial to arriving at an understanding of how the Nazi dictatorship operated.
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Author: Ron Grant 2010
Introduction: A trawl of Advanced Higher History past papers establishes the importance of awareness of the personality and role of Hitler, his leadership skills – or even lack of them? – and the changing nature of the movement led by him. How did the Nazi party change as it moved from the struggle for power to the “Machtergreifung” of 30 January 1933 and the consolidation of power thereafter? Tim Kirk in Nazi Germany (2007) observes: “It was an approach to government and to leadership that contrasted very starkly with Stalin’s obsessive will to control all aspects of policy.” (P49).
Many years ago, Hugh Trevor-Roper in The Last Days of Hitler …show more content…
These men were to spearhead the wartime genocide. But they were younger. Heydrich (born 1904) headed a staff of whom in 1939 two thirds of those in leadership positions were aged 36 or under (Mark Roseman, op.cit., p17)
Mark Mazower: “Hitlers Empire: Nazi rule in Occupied Europe,” 2008) reviewed in SATH Resources Review, No. 41, September 2009) charts the radiating waves of policy pulsing from Himmler to Heydrich and to loyal satraps such as Odibo Globocnic.
In addition when exploring the role of the Nazi judiciary the essay by Anthony McElligott in Anthony McElligott and Tim Kirk (editors) “Working Towards the Führer” op cit is rewarding reading. The contribution by Jeremy Noakes: “Hitler and the Nazi state: leadership, hierarchy and power” in Jane Caplan (editor): “Nazi Germany” 2008 (reviewed in SATH Resources Review, No. 40, February 2009) is crucial to arriving at an understanding of how the Nazi dictatorship operated.
Circle D: “Ordinary Men” … and