Prussia used the constructive vote of no confidence, meaning a government could be removed from office only if there was a positive majority for a prospective successor.

[3] Prussia remained under direct control of the federal government until April 1933 when, at the behest of Adolf Hitler under the Enabling Act of 1933, state elections were held.

The Nazis failed to win a majority, but the subsequent ban of the Communist Party and arrest of opposition deputies allowed them to secure control of the Landtag regardless, and Hermann Göring became Minister-President.

The federal structure of Germany was effectively dissolved under the Nazi regime, and the Prussian government existed only symbolically.

After the conclusion of the Second World War, Prussia was dissolved by a declaration of the Allied Control Council on 25 February 1947.