Gleichschaltung

E9596

Nazi policy political process totalitarian control mechanism

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gleichschaltung canonical	5
Nazi consolidation of power	4
Nazi Gleichschaltung policies	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi policy ⓘ political process ⓘ totalitarian control mechanism ⓘ
affects	Länder parliaments ⓘ Reichstag of Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: 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	Nazi Party ⓘ surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party Reich government ⓘ surface form: Nazi state apparatus
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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Input

Subject: Gleichschaltung
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nazi Germany → implementedPolicy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

Night of the Long Knives → partOf → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi consolidation of power

Nazi Party → promotedPolicy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

Nazism → implementedPolicy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service → partOf → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi Gleichschaltung policies

Operation Hummingbird → partOf → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi consolidation of power

Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → significantEvent → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

Nazi seizure of power → hasPart → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

Nazi seizure of power → followedBy → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi consolidation of power

Nazification of the German legal system → partOf → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi consolidation of power

ADGB → dissolutionCause → Gleichschaltung ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi Gleichschaltung policies