Der Provinzialverband der preußischen Provinz Brandenburg 1933-1945

Fabian Scheffczyk examines the history of the Provinzialverband in the Prussian province of Brandenburg from 1933 to 1945. He puts a special emphasis on the function of the administration of regional services of general interest during National Socialism. He investigates how the Provinzialverband was integrated into the Nazi system of government and how it executed the new aims of administration. Furthermore, he describes how the Provinzialverband interacted with other state and non-state institutions. By securing control over a part of the social and material needs of the population, the Provinzialverband was part of the totalitarian state. Thus, a functioning administration of services of general interest was a constitutive and stabilizing element of national socialist rule.