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  In what ways did the Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people?

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                  After becoming the Chancellor of Germany (1933), Hitler captured all powers. (i) All political parties and trade unions were banned except the Nazi Party and its affliates. (ii) The state established total control over the economy, media, army and judiciary. (iii) Germany became almost a police state. Special surveillance, security forces, secret state police (Gestapo) were created to control the society. (iv) The Nazi rule glorified war and chose the path of war as a way out of the economic crisis. (v) The Nazi rule targeted the Jews as the cause of all miseries and undertook genocidal war against the Jews. (vi) Hitler introduced a massive programme of militarisation to enhance the military power of Germany and to restore her international honour and glory.