Deutsche Gemeindetag

  • German Council of Municipalities
  • DGT
Identifier
515
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

The Deutscher Gemeindetag was the primary representative body for municipal governments nationally. It has been viewed as either a means for the authoritarian regulation of municipal administration in a centralized chain of command, or, going back to 1933, as a paralyzed by the Reichsinnenministerium in its capacity to organize local self-government.

Places

  • Founded in Germany.

Sources

  • Holocaust : critical concepts in historical studies / D. Cesarani. - New York, 2004. - p. 312