ABSTRACT
The idea of total authority being invested in the leader of the Nazi Party was established in 1921, and became a key aspect of the organisation of the party thereafter. This chapter explains the origin of the leadership principle. In the years 1920-1921 the movement had a committee in control of it, elected by the members in assembly. This committee, comically enough, embodied the very principle which the movement was most keenly fighting, namely, parliamentarianism. Adolf Hitler refused to countenance such folly, and after a very short time he ceased to attend the meetings of the committee. He made his propaganda as he wished, and that was the end of it. As soon as the new rules were adopted and he was established as Chairman of the party, thus acquiring the necessary authority and the rights accompanying it, all such folly came to an immediate end. The Chairman is responsible for entire control of the movement.
