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Reichstag Fire


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DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405189224.2011.x


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Arson attack that severely damaged the German parliament building on February 27, 1933. hitler's new regime prosecuted a mentally disturbed Dutch communist named Marinus van der Lubbe for the crime. Although he was executed, three others (including the Bulgarian dimitrov ) were acquitted. There remains strong suspicion that some leading promoters of nazism were complicit in the blaze. It certainly gave Hitler a pretext for demanding emergency powers from hindenburg , and for presenting the event as further evidence of the “Red Peril” facing Germany. The fire made a dramatic contribution to the context within which the Nazis completed their campaigning for the Reichstag elections of 5 March, before forcing through the enabling act and accelerating processes of gleichschaltung . ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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