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Did Adolf Hitler Rule a Totalitarian State? The government of Nazi Germany was a fascist, totalitarian state. Totalitarian regimes, in contrast to a dictatorship, establish complete political, social, and cultural control over their subjects, and are usually headed by a charismatic leader. Fascism is a form of right-wing totalitarianism which emphasises the subordination of the individual to advance the interests of the state. Nazi fascism's ideology included a racial theory which denigrated "non-Aryans," extreme nationalism …

…Hitler ran Germany in a similar fashion to a medieval monarch. Hitler was an all-powerful dictator but he was lazy and ran the country from his mansion in Bavaria in a similar fashion to a medieval court. He despised paper work and often slept until midday, he thought of himself as the visionary leader and he was quite content to be the visionary figurehead and allow those under him to take care of the administration.