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| | Germany: Establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship |
 | | The Nazi rise to power in Germany brought an end to the quasi-democratic system of presidential rule into which the leaders of the Weimar Republic slipped in response to the economic crisis of the Great Depression. |
 | | Political opponents, especially those in the Communist Party of Germany and the Social Democratic Party of Germany, along with Jews, were subject to intimidation, persecution, and discriminatory legislation. |
 | | According to this principle, authority--in government, the party, economy, family, and so on--flowed downward and was to be obeyed unquestioningly. |
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