The Nazi regime did not take over Prussia in 1933.
Free State of Prussia . The democratic Free State of Prussia was rendered incapacitated when it was taken over by the Preußenschlag ( Prussian coup ) of 1932 -- 33 and Otto Braun was forced from office . His government went to court over this ouster , but in 1933 the Nazi regime seized control of the Prussian government . From 1933 , the Free State was deprived of parliamentary democracy and ruled exclusively under the leadership of the National Socialist German Workers Party ( Nazi Party ) . Prussia . The Kingdom of Prussia was thus abolished in favour of a republic -- the Free State of Prussia , a state of Germany from 1918 until 1933 .