Membership was open to native-born, white, Protestant males, 16 years or older: blacks Roman Catholics and Jews were excluded and were increasingly male targets of defamation and persecution by the Klan. ... Even though the Klan preached white supremacy, it focused its attacks on what it considered to be alien outsiders, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, which it believed was threatening traditional American ways and values. ... The Act granted Hitler dictatorial powers and signified the end of the Weimer Republic. ... That the party resolved problema with which the Weimar ...

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Heinrich Himmler was born on October 7, 1900, a son of a secondary school instructor and strict Roman Catholic who lived in Luneberg, Germany. ... At age 18 and after World War I when Germany was at a all time low, Himmler despised the Weimar Republic and expressed hatred for anyone who was anti-Germany. ...

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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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