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