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The free election of Hitler as a ruler was soon adopted by the Nazis' philosophy and Hitler was presented as a man of the people. The Nazis inoculated into people's mind the idea that since they had chosen Hitler as their ruler, he must be the right man.
All in all, the Gleichschaltung philosophy was aimed at subjugating and controlling the people and it was done through the manipulation of people into achieving the Reich's goals. As such, the Gleichschaltung philosophy was that of eliminating all individual features and unifying the population's objectives in the direction desired by the Nazis.
3. The Gleichschaltung philosophy as applied by the Gestapo and the SS
In order to gain control over the people, the Nazi thinkers needed the support of military and police forces. The necessary aid came from the Geheimes Staatspolizei-Amt or Gestapo and from the Schutzstaffel, or the SS. The Gestapo was the secret state police of the Nazi regime and the SS was the largest organization and the core of the Nazi regime. These two organizations "served as the keystones of state terror under the Nazi regime" and they were focused on translating the Gleichschaltung philosophy and putting in it action.
How the Gestapo and the SS proceeded to implement the Gleichschaltung philosophy depended on the target's nationality, convictions and ages. Non-Germans were treated differentially depending on their adherence to Hitler's beliefs. As such, those who believed in Hitler's ideas were Germanized, while those who didn't' were deported. Excepted from Germanization and subjected only to deportation and detention in concentration camps were the Jews.
The treatments applied to German citizens were divided according to age. Children and adolescents were raised in the Nazi spirit; they were accordingly educated at school and, outside the school, they participated to the Hither Youth movement. Adults were first encouraged to adhere to Hitler's ideology, then they were forced to, and if they still resisted, they were eliminated.
The Gleichschaltung was Nazis' movement of coordinating the entire population towards the direction...
People lost any sense of individuality and they were entirely controlled by the rulers. The success of this movement was obvious decades after the regime had been defeated. "When success turned to catastrophe after 1941, many took a long time to say 'good-bye to the Fuhrer'. Gleichschaltung had been all too effective"
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