ABSTRACT
The replacement of Weimar’s parliamentary democracy by the totalitarian system of National Socialism in 1933 fundamentally transformed Germany’s political life. Yet, the change was not abrupt and was not just caused by coercion from above. Several elements of Hitler’s Germany were already well established during the Weimar period, and voluntary submission to the Nazi ideology was widespread. This combination of continuity, coercion, and adaptation also applies to the mapping of German national territory.
