The Nazi party deliberately excluded even loyal followers from membership

Evidence

This principle was strictly enforced as soon as the Nazis seized power. Of 7 million members of the Hitler youth only 50,000 were accepted for party membership in 1937. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2658

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to totalitarian theory of the movement as permanent elite over mass population — relates to how Arendt elsewhere distinguishes movement from mass.