Das Gleichshaltung

While there has been much discussion regarding the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question”, in which the Nazis devised a systematic mass killing program directed at the Jews of Germany and Europe and also other non-aryans, most in the general public are not familiar with the Gleichshaltung, or “The Coordination”, an approach towards every aspect of society which the Third Reich employed to take over all of the ‘estates’ of the nation, and later every level and aspect of Germany including the Arts, Politics, The Church, Education, Tourism, Labor, News Media, and other functions of domestic Germany.
The Great Coordination, which the Nazis used was an effective, efficient plan of infusing Reich influence on every level without always necessitating a violent overthrow. The ‘Coordination’ was a complex plan of overthrow of the facets of society using propaganda techniques, the placement of Party loyalists, directives and laws, in many cases the establishment of chambers and registries allowing employment, and the establishment of functionaries and authority, while attempting not to lose the quality of the endeavor.