The political and constitutional preconditions of the Third Reich -- Modus-operandi and structure of the Hitler movement before 1933 -- The monopoly of political power (1933) -- The coordination of the Länder outside Prussia and the new problem of centralism and particularism -- The foundation and alteration of the social system -- Party and state in the early stages of the Third Reich -- The civil service and the administration -- The Reich government and the Führer's authority in the first years after 1933 -- Departmental polyocracy and the forms of Führer absolutism -- Law and justice -- Conclusion