On 14 July 1933, less than 6 months after Hitler assumed power, Germany was officially proclaimed a one-party state. The Nazi party, which in the 1924 elections received just 3% of the vote, was now the only legally mandated political party in the country - forbidding the formation of any other party. Racial and antisemitic principles stood at the core of the Nazi party's ideology. This anti-Jewish policy functioned on 2 primary levels: (1) Legal measures to expel Jews from society and strip the