History A-Level
Gleichschaltung
What Gleichschaltung means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Gleichschaltung
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Nazi process of coordinating political, social and governmental institutions under party control to create a totalitarian state.
Topics that use Gleichschaltung
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 3 A new Reich, 1933–35 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Charismatic authority and personal rule
- Dual state and party structures
- Night of the Long Knives
- Racial exclusion and persecution
- Volksgemeinschaft
- DAF
- Führer
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