Gleischaltung was in essence: "the elimination of those institution and structures of the Weimar Republic that no longer served a useful purpose in a National Socialist Germany and the disciplining and co-ordination of those that were indispensable." - Gordon A. ... In 1926 the Hitler Youth was established to promote racial superiority among young Germans, by the time Hitler became Chancellor it had 50000 members and by the end of 1934, Schirach, the Youth leader, had succeeded in bringing under his control all but the Roman Catholic youth groups. ...

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