First of all, the Communists opposed the Weimar government and supported the Nazis in dismantling it.
Secondly, the Weimarians never purged the army, civil service or judiciary from monarchists. The deep state was firmly on the side of the opponents of the Weimar regime.
Finally, the end of Weimar came when establishment titan Franz von Papen persuaded Hindenburg's son to have his senile father appoint the "Bohemian corporal" chancellor, and thought he could keep Hitler under control.
Anyway, my comment was about the population rising up against the regime, not elite substitution. Germans are law-abiding people, and that is why the Nazis made a great show of legality.
What about when the Weimar government was defeated and replaced in the 1920s? Were those communists not "the establishment" of their time?
It wasn't, and they weren't.
First of all, the Communists opposed the Weimar government and supported the Nazis in dismantling it.
Secondly, the Weimarians never purged the army, civil service or judiciary from monarchists. The deep state was firmly on the side of the opponents of the Weimar regime.
Finally, the end of Weimar came when establishment titan Franz von Papen persuaded Hindenburg's son to have his senile father appoint the "Bohemian corporal" chancellor, and thought he could keep Hitler under control.
Anyway, my comment was about the population rising up against the regime, not elite substitution. Germans are law-abiding people, and that is why the Nazis made a great show of legality.
Well put.
The Nazi's didn't just make a show of legality. They were a very legalistic regime, with a massive court apparatus.