Crafting Law And Order In Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany was obsessed with upholding law and order. Nazi law and order was designed with the idea that all individuals should be subordinate to the state, law-abiding and obedient. Everyone was to be aware of their place and was not to deviate from it. The process of crafting this society was called Gleichschaltung, which translates as ‘moulding into shape’ or ‘forced co-ordination’. While many Nazi policies were part of Gleichschaltung, law and order policies were particularly important. Hitler was well aware most Germans had not voted for him before 1933. He wanted strict laws to prohibit political opposition, to deal with dissidents and ‘underground’ resistance even though during the Nazi party's occupation of Germany they were a