Sentence:  fearful of being mistaken for a Jew , he seeks protection in his Nazi uniform ; clinging to the enemy Jew idea , he is <WSD>forced</WSD> to overcome habits of politeness and neighborliness ; once in power he begins to give vent to a criminal opportunism that causes him to alternate between megalomania and envy of those above him . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"