Nazi party functionaries were kept perpetually superior to state ministers
Evidence
Here, too, we find mention of the technical principle regulating the relations between party and state: “A Reichsleiter [a high party functionary] must not be subordinated to a Reichsminister [a high state functionary].” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2721
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: The party-over-state principle is a mechanism for how totalitarian movements hollow out and dominate the state apparatus.