Studying the National Socialist system of government

[Veritá_666]

I was reading today about how the government, parliament, etc. is formed in the Italian democracy, and how they interact with each other.

I was intrigued by the possibility of studying the National Socialist system of governing a country, but online I mainly found information about Hitler ignoring everyone and deciding for his own accounts, which sounds pretty much like a lie.

I did find a reference to "Reichstag" being a parliament, but they didn't elaborate.

Can anyone give me in-depth information or an outline?

 

[Pumpkin671]

That part is a lie, Hitler was no Stalin in running government, meaning he was not the one who ran everything and oversaw people the way Stalin did. More delegate and since the government barred any other party in July 33' other than the NSDAP to be in government it was clear that opposition would not happen, in addition the left wing of the party was wiped out in June of 34' (Night of the Long Knives). Those in the inner circle would run certain areas of government and assist in the change that Germany needed to take.

Key members
Walther Funk - Reich Minister of Economics, head of Reichsbank and later ran the central planning board in 43' when the economy fully switched to wartime.
Joachim von Ribbentrop - Foreign Minister (key player in getting pac with U.S.S.R and talks with U.K)
Albert Speer - Chief Architect (later Minister of war production during the war)
Joseph Goebbels - Reich Minster for Propaganda (Later a main speaker for Hitler later in the war)
Martin Bormann - Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (a tricky guy indeed)
Rudolf Hess - Deputy Führer (later replaced by Martin Bormann with title change, helped pass laws and assisted Hitler in his office)
Herman Göring - Head of the Luftwaffe (founder of Gestapo and deputy to Hitler from 41' till the last weeks of the war)
Heinrich Himmler - ReichsFührer of the SS and later Minister of the Interior in 43'
Wilhelm Keitel - Field Marshal of the Wahrmacht
Erich Räder - Grand Admiral of the Kriegsmarine and Reichsmarine until 43' replaced by Karl Donitz
Karl Donitz - Grand Admiral of the Kriegsmarine and Reichsmarine in 43' and Hilters actual successor after Hitlers/Goebbels death



In the years between 34'-38' were mostly consolidation of power and structure in the NS hierarchy, very much improving it as well as trying to get the Jews to leave Germany by making it clear that they are not wanted.

The Economy 33'-41/42'
National socialism erected a system of production, distribution and consumption that defies classification in any of the usual categories from my understanding. It was not capitalism in the traditional sense: the autonomous market mechanism so characteristic of capitalism during the last two centuries had all but disappeared.
It was not State capitalism: the government disclaimed any desire to own the means of production, and in fact took steps to denationalize them. It was not socialism or communism: private property and private profit still existed.
The NS system was, rather, a combination of some of the characteristics of capitalism and a highly planned economy. Without in any way destroying its class character, a comprehensive planning mechanism was imposed on an economy in which private property was not ex-propriated, in which the distribution of national income remained fundamentally unchanged, and in which private entrepreneurs re-trained some of their prerogatives and responsibilities in traditional capitalism.

Cutting females from the workforce, changing unemployment status, rearming, buying jewish run businesses and selling them at a discounted rate to Germans, allowing capitalism to still exist. Allowing German to own firearms by deregulating it in 38'. These are some of the things that turned things around in Germany and based on first hand accounts, most Germans were happy to have bread on the table, a car, a job in the factory, children in the HitlerJugend, money in their accounts. A county respected. Most Germans trusted Hitler and liked and believed him more than the NS hierarchy (politics is a mess to deal with regardless of the system used).

I hope this proved helpful as my knowledge has picked this up over the years of reading.

 

[Pumpkin671]

And as with any system or party there is always a left and right within it. Especially true in the NSDAP, both left and right mostly worked together after the Night of the long Knives, offering different thoughts of how to run the country which was very sophisticated because Germany was and still is a power house of heavy lifting. The explaining for that goes back to hundreds of years prior when Germany was becoming a Holy Roman Empire and each city was a city state, each had to provide from themselves and be self sufficient. Leading to eventually to a unified Germany in 1871 and becoming a power house in the later 19th century just 20 years before WW1.

Joseph Goebbels was more on the left in the NSDAP but was fully behind Hitler in the early years along with Himmler who was way more conservative in his tendencies. I would say, Hitler saw their worth and kept them close as they offered good insight and were great contributors to the NSDAP. Hitler would consider Goebbels advice on the sate of the war in the summer of 43' as an example.
Many other left members, tho, who were outspoken to Hitler in the years before 33' were later eliminated since they tired to challenge Hitler for leadership of the party when it was clear he was the man for the job.