To properly analyze Nazi actors, you must ask the following questions:
- What was the primary position of the individual in Nazi system?
- What were the secondary position of the individual in Nazi system?
- What were the primary functions of the individual in Nazi system?
- What were the secondary functions of the individual in Nazi system?
- How did the individual get to his ultimate position? What was his biography – his “life story”?
- Who were his stakeholders – internal and external?
- What tools & methods did the actor use?
- What were his decisions & actions?
- What were his key accomplishments?
- What were his awards?
- How much aggregate value did he create or destroy for his stakeholders?
- How efficient was he in performing his functions?
- What crimes did he commit (if any)?
- What was his “life after Reich”? What happened to him after the war?