<P> The process of bringing all major organisations into line with Nazi principles and into the service of the state was called Gleichschaltung . Gleichschaltung is usually translated as "coordination", but sometimes as "forcible coordination". It is a compound word, consisting of gleich, meaning alike, and schaltung, which means switching . The NSDAP meant to imply a particular mechanical meaning of the word: a certain means of wiring an electrical generator and electric motors, so that when the generator is made to turn at a given speed or turned to a certain angle, each motor connected to it will also turn at that speed, or to the same angle--in other words, synchronisation . The NSDAP was thought of as the generator, and other civil groups as motors wired to it . </P> <P> Hitler's cabinet issued many decrees for the purpose of Gleichschaltung in the weeks following the passage of the Act . It removed Jews from the civil service (at Hindenburg's request, an exception was made for Jews who had served at the front during World War I). It banned all trade unions and eventually outlawed all other political parties . After the exiled SPD published its new weekly Neuer Vorwarts in Prague, Hitler banned the party, confiscating its assets and abolishing its parliamentary representation, by decree of 22 June . </P> <P> However, opposition was frequently not addressed by legislation at all . The process of Gleichschaltung was often voluntary, or in any event not mandated by a formal decree . Most other parties had dissolved before being officially banned: the Nazi Party's coalition partner, the DNVP, was dissolved on 27 June, one day after Hugenberg's resignation from the cabinet . The Staatspartei (formerly the DDP) dissolved itself on 28 June, and the DVP on 29 June . On 4--5 July, the Catholic parties (the BVP and the Centre) were also wound up . By the time the formal decree banned the creation of new parties, there were none left except the Nazis . </P> <P>... many organisations showed themselves only too willing to anticipate the (Gleichschaltung) process and to "coordinate" themselves in accordance with the expectations of the new era . By the autumn, the Nazi dictatorship...had been enormously strengthened . What is striking is not how much, but how little, Hitler needed to do to bring this about...Hitler took remarkably few initiatives . </P>

Mention two steps taken by weimar republic to acquire political stability in germany