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Germany's Transformation into a Totalitarian State.

By danieljh
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    1933: The Road to Totalitarianism

  • Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.

  • Hitler is given the power to ban political meetings and newspapers of political rivals.

  • Burning of Reichstag Building

    In response, an emergency decree was issued the following day for the "protection of the people and the state." It suspended civil rights, banned left wing media and caused the mass arrest of socialist and communist party leaders.

  • All states previously unloyal to Nazis now all had administrations loyal to Nazis.

  • Establishment of Reich Propaganda Minsitry by Joesph Goebbels.

  • Establishment of a concentration camp at Dachau

  • Establishment of Racial Hygiene Department by Interior Ministry.

  • Enabling act passed, giving Chancellor Hitler more power.

  • Forcible removal of Nazis opponents began (Gleichschaltung).

  • Trade Unions Banned

  • Public burning of "Un-German" Books.

  • Government regulation of workers contracts.

  • All political parties banned, leaving only the Nazi party.

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