Law Against the Formation of New Parties

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The Law Against the Formation of New Parties was a Nazi-era statute that effectively established a one-party dictatorship in Germany by outlawing the creation and existence of all political parties other than the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

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Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German statute
Nazi law
law
alsoKnownAs Law Against the Formation of New Parties
surface form: Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien
appliesTo political parties in Germany
characteristic anti-democratic
authoritarian
repressive
consequence centralization of political power in the Nazi Party leadership
criminalization of attempts to form new political parties
legal basis for persecution of political opponents
country Germany
effect eliminated legal political opposition to the Nazi Party
established a one-party dictatorship in Germany
outlawed all political parties except the National Socialist German Workers' Party
enforcedBy Nazi authorities
governanceModelSupported one-party dictatorship
hasMoralAssessment widely regarded as anti-democratic
widely regarded as oppressive
historicalContext dismantling of the Weimar Republic
rise of Adolf Hitler
historicalPeriod interwar period
ideology Nazism
jurisdiction Nazi Germany
language German
legalNature statutory law
opposes multi-party democracy
political pluralism
politicalContext Nazi dictatorship
politicalPartyPrivileged Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
purpose to ban existing political parties other than the NSDAP
to establish a one-party state in Germany
to outlaw the formation of new political parties
relatedTo Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party

Nazi consolidation of power
abolition of political pluralism in Germany
one-party system
subjectOf research on Nazi consolidation of power
studies of totalitarian legal systems
usedBy Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi regime

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Law Against the Formation of New Parties alsoKnownAs Law Against the Formation of New Parties
this entity surface form: Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien
Gleichschaltung legalInstrument Law Against the Formation of New Parties