It was a sign of allegiance to their new authority, the Nazi state.

It became a powerful tool used by Hitler and the Nazi state for political ends.

The guidelines, rather than focusing on love, stressed the ideal criteria for marriage in the Nazi state was the consideration of race and health.

Best lost a power struggle with Heydrich who went on to became one of the most powerful men in the Nazi state.

The goal of the schools was to raise a new generation for the political, military and administrative leadership of the Nazi state.

But subservience to the Nazi state was also a requirement on the population.

He himself was unwilling to submit fully to the Nazi state, however, and fell in disfavour with the authorities during the war.

"In this century, we've lived through two big idols, the Nazi state and the socialist state."

As a result, most passed into the hands of the Nazi state.

In particular, the Protestant churches had mostly been drawn into explicit support for the Nazi state.