Gleichschaltung

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Gleichschaltung was the Nazi regime’s systematic process of consolidating total control over German political, social, and cultural life by eliminating independent institutions and opposition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi policy ⓘ
political process ⓘ
totalitarian control mechanism ⓘ
affects Länder parliaments ⓘ
Reichstag ⓘ
cultural associations ⓘ
press and publishing houses ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
youth organizations ⓘ
appliesTo cultural life in Germany ⓘ
political life in Germany ⓘ
social life in Germany ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
goal consolidation of Nazi control ⓘ
elimination of institutional independence ⓘ
elimination of political opposition ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
implementedBy National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party

Nazi state apparatus ⓘ
linked to: Reich government
initiatedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalInstrument Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
Law Against the Formation of New Parties ⓘ
Law Concerning the Reconstruction of the Reich ⓘ
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service ⓘ
Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
literalMeaning bringing into line ⓘ
method Nazification of cultural organizations ⓘ
abolition of federalism in Germany ⓘ
control of the press and media ⓘ
coordination of state governments ⓘ
creation of Nazi labor organizations ⓘ
dissolution of political parties ⓘ
intimidation and terror by SA and SS ⓘ
purge of civil service ⓘ
suppression of trade unions ⓘ
relatedConcept political repression in Nazi Germany ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
result Nazification of education ⓘ
Nazification of professional associations ⓘ
Nazification of the judiciary ⓘ
centralization of power in Berlin ⓘ
elimination of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
one-party state in Germany ⓘ
persecution of Jews and other minorities ⓘ
persecution of political opponents ⓘ
subordination of Länder to the Reich ⓘ
timePeriod 1933–1934 ⓘ

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Nazi Germany → implementedPolicy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ
Night of the Long Knives → partOf → Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Nazi Party → promotedPolicy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ
Nazism → implementedPolicy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service → partOf → Nazi Gleichschaltung policies ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Operation Hummingbird → partOf → Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → significantEvent → Gleichschaltung ⓘ
Nazi seizure of power → hasPart → Gleichschaltung ⓘ
Nazi seizure of power → followedBy → Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Nazification of the German legal system → partOf → Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
ADGB → dissolutionCause → Nazi Gleichschaltung policies ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Free State of Prussia era → significantEvent → Nazi Gleichschaltung of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Reichsstatthalter in Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe → linkedToEvent → Gleichschaltung in Nazi Germany ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Prussian coup of 1932 → followedBy → Gleichschaltung of the Länder ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung
Anschluss-era Austria → hasEvent → Nazi cultural Gleichschaltung in Austria ⓘ
linked to: Gleichschaltung