How did the Nazis establish a dictatorship in Germany?

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                                                                            How did the Nazis establish a dictatorship in Germany?

'Step one: April-July 1933: control beyond the center.

During this period, Hitler attempted to bring any potential enemies under control. Organized enemies was now almost impossible'-

 Oxford Advanced History: Germany, 1858-1990. Hope, Terror and Revival

During this second phase of Hitlers consolidation of power, Hitler felt the need to gain control of all other small interest groups and sectors of the German society (e.g church, trade unions, political parties, as well as civil service. This was known as 'Gleichschaltung.'

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On the 7th of April, a law was passed for the restoration of the professional civil Service. The law enabled who believed in other political ideas rather than the Nazis as well as those who were of different racial background apart from the pure German Aryan blood background to be dismissed from their posts. Such law was mainly passed to discriminated the 'Jews'. The effect was immense and let to a large amount of citizens with Jewish decent to losing their jobs. Based on the statistics from the source, about 12.5 percent of the Prussian civil service was dismissed according ...

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