Reichstag Fire

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Event.png Reichstag Fire (False flag attack?)  SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date27 February 1933
LocationReichstag building,  Berlin,  Germany
Interest ofMarinus van der Lubbe
DescriptionGenerally reckoned to be a false flag attack, Hitler quickly seized upon the fire at the Reichstag to pass an "enabling act", ushering in full on totalitarian rule.

Official narrative

This was claimed by the Nazi party to have been the work of a communist "lone nut", but this is widely doubted.

Aftermath

The day after the fire Hitler asked for and received from President Hindenburg the Reichstag Fire Decree, signed into law by Hindenburg using Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution. The Reichstag Fire Decree suspended most civil liberties in Germany, including habeas corpus, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right of free association and public assembly, the secrecy of the post and telephone - rights were not reinstated during Nazi reign.[1]

Adolf Hitler was sworn in

 

The Official Culprit

NameDescription
Marinus van der LubbeBlamed for the Reichstag Fire
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References

  1. Claudia Koonz (2003). The Nazi Conscience. p. 33. ISBN 0-674-01172-4.


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