Transcription: Institutions such as the Reichstag, the presidency, the federal states, churches, trade unions and the legal system were deprived of the ability to function autonomously. Gleichschaltung often depended on intimidation and the Nazis used their own police apparatuses to enforce it. In those cases where the new regime was compelled to leave existing institutions untouched, They created parallel organizations, subordinated directly to the party and not to the state. While this dual system strengthened Nazi control, at the same time it also created competition between different agencies and ineffic ...
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