The second feature of the six-point syndrome is the concept of a single mass party, led by a dictator, hierarchically organized and monolific. Thirdly, the concept of the "Terrorist police control", which not only supports but also, supervises the party. The fourth feature is the Monopoly control over communications or propaganda. The fifth point in this classic model of totalitarianism is the near complete control over the armed forces. The final concept of the Friedrich and Brzezinski theory is the centralized beurocratic control over the economy with no organizational pluralism. .
There is little doubt that the rapid rise of the SS-Gestapo-SD complex after 1934 produced a dreaded internal security apparatus that fulfilled this terrorist function. One way of assessing the brutal effectiveness of the SS apparatus is by considering the almost complete absence of resistance that threatened Nazi rule. As Michael Balfour has argued "The awesome power of the SS meant that any active resistance could only be carried out from within an organisation sheltered by the apparatus." The power of the SS expanded as the regime developed and radicalized until it emerged as a "collateral" state. .
Through a variety of institutional arrangements, the Nazi state required a monopoly over information flows in Nazi Germany. Goebbels" initial staff of 350 trebled by 1939, and V. Berghahn has noted that other government departments and agencies developed their own propaganda units (the NSDAP had 14000 people on its patrol by 1934). Laws like the Reich Press Law of 1933 enabled Goebbels to "synchronize" all media and Cultural outlets. Consequently several of the features identified by Friedrich, which comprise a Totalitarian State, were clearly present in the State constructed by Hitler. However, Historical research (particularly by structuralist historians) has exposed serious problems with the application with the remaining features of the six-point syndrome.
