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The Reichstag fire (German: Reichstagsbrand, listen ⓘ) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday, 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
May 20, 2024 · Reichstag fire, burning of the Reichstag (parliament) building in Berlin on the night of February 27, 1933, a key event in the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship and widely believed to have been contrived by the newly formed Nazi government to turn public opinion against its opponents and to assume new powers.
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Mar 27, 2018 · The Reichstag Fire, a 1933 arson attack on the parliament building in Berlin, was used by Adolf Hitler as an excuse to seize absolute power in Germany.
Hitler used the Reichstag fire in 1933 to seize almost unlimited power. Wikimedia Commons. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and where there’s fire, conspiracy theories are sure to follow.
On February 27, 1933, the German parliament ( Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. They claimed that emergency legislation was needed to prevent this.
The Reichstag, the German lower house of parliament, was set on fire on the 27 February 1933. Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections. 1 / 3. On the 31 January 1933, Hitler, conscious of his lack of a majority in the Reichstag, immediately called for new elections to try and strengthen his position.
Reichstag fire, burning of the Reichstag (parliament) building in Berlin on the night of February 27, 1933, a key event in the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship and widely believed to have been contrived by the newly formed Nazi government to turn public opinion against its opponents and to assume new powers.
