Abolition of Political Parties in Germany

Date: July 14, 1933 • Location: Berlin, Germany

In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis.

In Nazi terminology, Gleichschaltung, meaning 'synchronization' or 'coordination', was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler—leader of the Nazi Party in Germany—established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society "from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education".