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Muchow Plan

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The Muchow Plan was an organisational structure for Nazi Party membership developed by Reinhold Muchow when he was leader of the Greater Berlin Gau 1 in 1925.[1][2]

Under the Muchow Plan, the Party's local organisation consisted of a series of subdivisions, in a manner influenced by the cell structure of the Communist Party.[3] The smallest subdivision was a cell, led by a Zellenobleute; this might consist of only a few members.[4] Cells were organised into a Sektion, and these were collected into an Ortsgruppe.[5]

The plan served to increase the growth of the Party and facilitate the integration of new members.[4] After 1928, the Plan become the standard for party structure across Germany.[1] The central organisation was led by Muchow in Munich.[6]

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  1. ^ a b Snyder, Louis (1998). Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Wordsworth Editions. p. 233.
  2. ^ Taylor, James; Shaw, Warren (1987). The Third Reich Almanac. World Almanac. p. 218.
  3. ^ Mühlberger, Detlef (2004). Hitler's Voice: The Völkischer Beobachter, 1920-1933. Peter Lang. p. 287.
  4. ^ a b Orlow, Dietrich (1969). The History of the Nazi Party. p. 178.
  5. ^ Swett, Pamela E. (2004). Neighbors and Enemies: The Culture of Radicalism in Berlin, 1929-1933. Cambridge University Press. p. 171.
  6. ^ Heiden, Konrad (1971). A History of National Socialism. Taylor & Francis. p. 205.