office of Führer in Nazi Germany

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The office of Führer in Nazi Germany was Adolf Hitler’s combined role as supreme political and military leader, embodying totalitarian control over the state and Nazi Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dictatorial position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolishedAsConsequenceOf defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction German Reich ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
basedOn Führerprinzip ⓘ
characterizedBy absence of constitutional checks and balances ⓘ
centralization of all state power ⓘ
cult of personality around Adolf Hitler ⓘ
one-party rule ⓘ
combinesRole head of government ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
leader of the Nazi Party ⓘ
supreme commander of the armed forces ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
createdBy Nazi Party leadership ⓘ
createdByEvent merger of offices of President and Chancellor ⓘ
endTime 1945-04-30 ⓘ
followedBy Chancellor of Germany (post-1945) ⓘ
President of Germany (Federal Republic) ⓘ
hasPowerOver Gestapo ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
executive branch of Nazi Germany ⓘ
judicial system in Nazi Germany ⓘ
legislative authority in Nazi Germany ⓘ
inception 1934-08-02 ⓘ
legalBasis Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich ⓘ
legalBasisDate 1934-08-01 ⓘ
notableEvent Nuremberg Rally speeches ⓘ
proclamation of war on Poland in 1939 ⓘ
officeHolder Adolf Hitler ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
partOf Nazi Party hierarchy ⓘ
Nazi state ⓘ
politicalIdeology Nazism ⓘ
politicalSystem totalitarian dictatorship ⓘ
precededBy Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
President of Germany ⓘ
residence Reich Chancellery, Berlin ⓘ
linked to: Reich Chancellery
secondarySeat Berghof, Obersalzberg ⓘ
linked to: Berghof
symbolOf absolute authority of Adolf Hitler ⓘ
unity of party and state in Nazi ideology ⓘ
titleInGerman Führer und Reichskanzler ⓘ
triggeredBy death of President Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
usedFor coordination of war effort in World War II ⓘ
implementation of aggressive expansionist policies ⓘ
implementation of racist and antisemitic policies ⓘ

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Weimar Republic → succeededByOffice → office of Führer in Nazi Germany ⓘ
Martin Bormann → employer → Office of the Führer ⓘ
linked to: office of Führer in Nazi Germany
Albert Bormann → employer → Office of the Führer ⓘ
linked to: office of Führer in Nazi Germany