Ben Weinstein’s Reviews > The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945 > Status Update

"...there was no Nazi coup d'etat. Instead, there was a series of quasi-legal actions ... no one of which by itself constituted a revolution, but the sum of which transformed Germany from a republic to a dictatorship. The problem was where to draw the line. But by the time the line could be clearly drawn, the revolution was a fait accompli, ... and organized resistance was no longer possible." 191