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The Reichstag Fire: How One Blaze Changed Germany Forever
On the night of February 27, 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin went up in flames. Within hours, Adolf Hitler had convinced President Hindenburg to sign the Reichstag Fire Decree, suspending civil liberties and paving the way for Nazi dictatorship. Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch communist, was arrested at the scene and later executed for starting the fire—but was he acting alone, or were the Nazis involved? We dive into the conflicting evidence, the trial at the Reichsgericht in Leipzig, and the enduring debate over who really set the fire. Along the way, we explore the immediate…
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