I am making a historically-based game in which players play from a national perspective in times close to WW2 (not terribly unlike axis and allies), but I wanted to put some flavor in the character sheets for players to list major political offices and such. For my American sheet, as an example, I included the President (duh), Vice President, Speaker of the House, Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Defense, and Attorney General. (Some may notice that this was made easier by the fact that America has a clear line of succession that more or less follows the order of governmental importance.) For the U.K., I couldn't find a perfect fit, but I came up with Monarch, Prime Minister, Deputy PM (if one exists, else just move on the list and include Justice Secretary at the end), Home and Foreign Secretataries, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Minister of Defense. I more or less listed these in a shaky order of importance though I am not a British citizen so that is an approximation. Hopefully though that gives you an idea of what I am looking for. I understand Hitler's government was not particularly clearly delegated (at least, from reading a brief summary on Wikipedia), but when I looked at this (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Nazi_Germany) I felt that it was difficult to pick out the most relevant. The game itself will include seven officials, although by no means is that a constraint on your end. My original list was Der Fürher himself, Reichchancellor, Reichsmarschall, and then the commanders of the SS, Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine. I then found that most of those positions seemed to more be the equivalent of generals rather than major political figures, although I understand that in fascist states the two are more often intertwined. A line of succession or likely peacetime contenders for the succession of Hitler would be great, as well as a brief explanation of Germany's government system in relation to America's three branches would be helpful. Thanks!
You will be challenged as Hitler's Germany saw the creation of two parallel systems of government - one within the traditional bureaucracy and one within the Nazi Party.
Rarely were the responsibilities of a given ministry clearly delineated from the corresponding Party organization. Instead, we see an administrative Darwinism, with the bureaucratic structure of the Nazi regime marked by competition and overlapping responsibilities. Education, for example, the Education Ministry and the Hitler Youth competed for influence. The German Labor Front (DAF) and the Ministry for Labour vied against one another in the industrial workforce. Policing organizations such as the Gestapo and the Police (Kripo and Orpo), were originally under the authority of the Ministry for the Interior, or under various regional and state authorities, but were gradually absorbed into the SS. The competition between the Reich Justice Ministry and the People's Court structure. The Reich Chancellery and the Nazi Party Chancellery.
There are many, many more examples. Note that this bureaucracy and its leaders acted under what Kershaw called 'Working Towards the Fuhrer', that is, making decisions that they thought Hitler would make and then having him settle the arguments.