What did not exist in Germany during the National Socialist period?

EDITORIAL LEARNING AID

Why is this answer correct?

There were no free elections after 1933, because the Nazi party banned all other parties and allowed only sham elections. Press censorship, arbitrary arrests and the persecution of Jews, by contrast, were part of everyday life in the Nazi state. That is why only "free elections" can be the correct answer.

No democracy without free elections – abolished in 1933.

This translation and explanation are editorial learning aids. The official German wording and answer key govern the examination.