Yesterday I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and I was wondering how exactly the Death Eaters took the Ministry? In the movies we never saw that. Later I checked on Wikipedia's book article and it just said that they kill the Minister. Was it a Coup d'état or a conspiracy? Why didn't any of the authorities help the Ministry?
Answer
Many wizards working in the ministry were put under the Imperius curse like for example Pius Thicknesse, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement etc. , so that facilitated getting to the Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour.
Scrimgeour was captured tortured by Voldemort for information on Harry's whereabouts, but when he refused to talk, he was killed.
The Imperiused Thicknesse then was appointed as a (puppet) minister.
Will add quotes later, when I have the books handy.
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