How did hitler establish a totalitarian state in germany? (connexus 7 test)

The short answer here is that he first became the totalitarian ruler and then used his authority to make a totalitarian state. He was voted Chancellor in 1933 but he used his power to make the Reichstag pass the Enabling Act which allowed him to pass the laws without the participation of the Reichstag and thus taking the complete control of the state. He achieved this through persuasion and violence.