This section is essentially a concise biography of NSDAP or, as it is more widely known, the Nazi Party. This biography is quite naturally divided into four key stages in a rather short life of this political entity:
- Pre-Hitler: 1918-19
- Rising to Power: 1919-33
- Using the Power: 1933-39
- Fighting the Second Great War: 1939-45
Every stage will be analyzed using a standard questionnaire (of sorts):
- Objectives: what the Party had to accomplish
- Structures: what structures (organizations, departments, etc.) the party had to create to achieve its objectives
- Activities: what decisions were made and actions performed to achieve these objectives
- Personnel: Party leaders and bureaucrats who made the decisions and performed the activities in question
- Results: what were the results of Party decisions and activities; whether actual results were the same as planned and if they were different, then why
