Hitler was a powerful dictator as he held vast power over policy making. This is because he created all the ideology, and then plenipotentiaries had to follow this ideology when creating detailed polices: this was the “working towards the will of the führer” scheme.
However it could be said that Hitler did not have full control over policies in this situation. This is because there was room for the plenipotentiaries to interpret this ideology to what they thought it meant in their policies.
Nonetheless Hitler still had to give the overall seal of approval. This may have been “just a nod or smile” but in theory he could have turned policies down. This quote just suggests that he was lazy rather than powerless.
In conclusion, Hitler was a strong dictator as he held power over all policies and ideology which meant that he dictated all aspects of Nazi life. However it can be said that he was a lazy dictator as he was actually involved little in policy making.
Hitler is undoubtedly one of the most well known individuals in modern history for his excessive control over people in Nazi Germany. Is there any question of his unlimited power then? He was the main ‘policy-making machine’ at the beginning of his rule over Germany and was behind all that went on in his government, and despite this changing as his power grew, he continued to be the major decision making power in the nation.
However, many key powerful positions in the Nazi dictatorship were handed to people who Hitler came to believe may threaten his leadership, such as Heydrich, the main mind behind the construction of concentration and death camps throughout the Nazi regime. On the other hand, this adds to the idea that Hitler felt his position to be conpletely safe. The creation of a chaotic government with people fighting over who should have Hitler’s approval also secured his position of unquestionnable power as this enabled Hitler to test the loyalty of people in his government.
Policies may not have necessarily been thought up by Hitler alone, but he had the final say whether policies and ideas would be carried out in the longrun; Hitler basically decided who would live and who would die. Citizens in Germany would either be ‘for the state’ or ‘against the state’ and if you were the latter, you would not be heard of once sent to the concentration or ‘re-education’ camps. When Hitler felt Heydrich was becoming too powerful, Heydrich conveniently died; coincidence? unlikely.
Despite his lazy and unaffected ability as an orator, Hitler remained the one in control of Germany to his death, shown by the fact that his secretary and his family felt it was necessary to join Hitler in the bunker where their existence ended in unity.
hitler giving his ’seal of approval’ didn’t mean he was in control. It’s better to seem guilty than impotent. If his plenipotentiaries gave unwanted orders he had no choice but to agree to them as they were already in place. It is clear that whilst hitler desired power and through undoubted ideological fervour, desired a strong fascist germany, what he wanted when these things were achieved becomes unclear. It appears that he falls into the ‘default’ German leadership role with the aim of war and a strong military and gaining more land under ‘Lebensraum’. Why would the iron man of germany, who promises something new and stronger, make the same moves and mistakes that previous leaders did? Whilst he exercised power through possible assassinations, this again is only possible because it was to the advantage of another plenipotentiary to act on Hitler’s behalf to remove the obstacle. The infighting of the Nazi state organisations kept Htitler in power, an astute manouevre by Hitler but otherwise, having himself demonstrated the ease with which a strong man could assume the leadership he held a weak position.
Hitler was a powerful dictator as he held vast power over policy making. This is because he created all the ideology, and then plenipotentiaries had to follow this ideology when creating detailed polices: this was the “working towards the will of the führer” scheme.
However it could be said that Hitler did not have full control over policies in this situation. This is because there was room for the plenipotentiaries to interpret this ideology to what they thought it meant in their policies.
Nonetheless Hitler still had to give the overall seal of approval. This may have been “just a nod or smile” but in theory he could have turned policies down. This quote just suggests that he was lazy rather than powerless.
In conclusion, Hitler was a strong dictator as he held power over all policies and ideology which meant that he dictated all aspects of Nazi life. However it can be said that he was a lazy dictator as he was actually involved little in policy making.
Hitler is undoubtedly one of the most well known individuals in modern history for his excessive control over people in Nazi Germany. Is there any question of his unlimited power then? He was the main ‘policy-making machine’ at the beginning of his rule over Germany and was behind all that went on in his government, and despite this changing as his power grew, he continued to be the major decision making power in the nation.
However, many key powerful positions in the Nazi dictatorship were handed to people who Hitler came to believe may threaten his leadership, such as Heydrich, the main mind behind the construction of concentration and death camps throughout the Nazi regime. On the other hand, this adds to the idea that Hitler felt his position to be conpletely safe. The creation of a chaotic government with people fighting over who should have Hitler’s approval also secured his position of unquestionnable power as this enabled Hitler to test the loyalty of people in his government.
Policies may not have necessarily been thought up by Hitler alone, but he had the final say whether policies and ideas would be carried out in the longrun; Hitler basically decided who would live and who would die. Citizens in Germany would either be ‘for the state’ or ‘against the state’ and if you were the latter, you would not be heard of once sent to the concentration or ‘re-education’ camps. When Hitler felt Heydrich was becoming too powerful, Heydrich conveniently died; coincidence? unlikely.
Despite his lazy and unaffected ability as an orator, Hitler remained the one in control of Germany to his death, shown by the fact that his secretary and his family felt it was necessary to join Hitler in the bunker where their existence ended in unity.
hitler giving his ’seal of approval’ didn’t mean he was in control. It’s better to seem guilty than impotent. If his plenipotentiaries gave unwanted orders he had no choice but to agree to them as they were already in place. It is clear that whilst hitler desired power and through undoubted ideological fervour, desired a strong fascist germany, what he wanted when these things were achieved becomes unclear. It appears that he falls into the ‘default’ German leadership role with the aim of war and a strong military and gaining more land under ‘Lebensraum’. Why would the iron man of germany, who promises something new and stronger, make the same moves and mistakes that previous leaders did? Whilst he exercised power through possible assassinations, this again is only possible because it was to the advantage of another plenipotentiary to act on Hitler’s behalf to remove the obstacle. The infighting of the Nazi state organisations kept Htitler in power, an astute manouevre by Hitler but otherwise, having himself demonstrated the ease with which a strong man could assume the leadership he held a weak position.