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Sat Oct 11, 2025, 10:02 AM Yesterday

Anne Frank House: Germany 1933: From democracy to dictatorship

Now that Hitler had become so powerful, it was time for the Nazis to bring society in line with the Nazi ideal. The process was known as Gleichschaltung. Many politically-suspect and Jewish civil servants were dismissed. Trade unions were forcibly replaced by the Deutsche Arbeitsfront. This allowed the Nazis to prevent workers from organising any opposition.All existing political parties were banned. From mid-July 1933 onwards, Germany was a single-party state. Cultural and scientific ‘cleansings’ were carried out as well.According to the Nazis, everything ‘un-German' had to disappear. Books written by Jewish, left-wing, or pacifist writers were burned.

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/germany-1933-democracy-dictatorship/#:~:text=Now%20that%20Hitler%20had%20become,CC%2DBY%2DSA%203.0%20DE

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