Comment by frumplestlatz

They gained absolute power through violence.

The Nazi party had a private paramilitary wing — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung — and political violence was both common and integral to their rise.

When the Enabling Act was deliberated and passed, giving Hitler effectively absolute power, Sturmabteilung paramilitary members were positioned both inside and outside the chamber.

That period of history was fraught with political violence enacted by people who claimed a moral imperative to curtail the freedoms of others.