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@HistoPol @JensHannemann @w7voa

Right - the term came from the regime, so it made it seem like an administrative adjustment, rather than, well, the fascist move it was. So the explanation is different from the translation. I would say that the Abitur summary understates the willing participation of many components of German society, because it concentrates on the legal mechanisms, such as censorship, rather than voluntary compliance. But the fact that the NS regime enacted the Gleichschaltung through legal mechanisms is critical for its parallels with the current US situation.