usion. The
state of the past and its political ideal had never
satisfied the longing of the German people. The National
Socialist movement already carried its state within itself
at the time of its early struggles. It was able to place the
completely formed body of its own state at the disposal of
the state which it had taken over.[87]

The official party interpretation of the relation between party and
state, as set forth in the _Party Organization Book_ for 1940, appears
in the Appendix as document 7 (_post_ p. 186).

Goebbels in his lecture on _The Nature and Form of National
Socialism_ (document 2, _post_ p. 170) stressed the importance of
_Gleichschaltung_ or the penetration of Nazi ideology into all fields
of national life. This to his mind must be the result of the National
Socialist revolution. The same aims, ideals, and standards must be
applied to economics and to politics, to cultural and social
development, to education and religion, and to foreign and domestic
relations.

The result of this concept of the totalitarian state has been the
compulsory regimentation of all phases of German life to conform to
the pattern established by the party. The totalitarian state does not
recognize personal liberties for the individual. The legal position of
the individual citizen in the Third Reich is clearly set forth by
Huber (document 1, _post_ p. 155):

Not until the nationalistic political philosophy had become
dominant could the liberalistic idea of basic rights be
really overcome. The concept of personal liberties of the
individual as opposed to the authority of the state had to
disappear; it is not to be reconciled with the principle of
the nationalistic Reich. There are no personal liberties of
the individual which fall outside of the realm of the state
and which must be respected by the state. The member of the
people, organically connected with the whole community, has
replaced the isolated individual; he is included in the
totality of the political people and is drawn into the
collective action. There can no longer be any question of a
private sphere, free of state influence, which is sacred and
untouchable before the political unity. The constitution of
the nationalistic Reich is therefore not based upon a system
of inborn and inalienable rights of the individual.[88]

In place of these rights