an arsonist set fire to the Reichstag, the German parliament building. When a young communist was arrested for the crime, Adolf Hitler, who had become chancellor one month before, declared that it ...

On February 27, 1933, a week before a crucial parliamentary election, a fire broke out in the German Reichstag. A young Dutch communist was thought to have started the fire, and newly elected ...

One such occurred in Berlin, exactly 92 years ago: the Reichstag fire of Feb. 27 ... who had been encouraged by them to set ...

Prompted by the burning of the Reichstag in 1933 - by Marinus van der Lubbe, a council communist bricklayer and other possible accomplices -… Anton Pannekoek writes on the burning of the Reichstag by ...

The Nazis used an arson attack on Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, in 1933 to help ... Survivors and relatives of those who died in a fire in North Macedonia speak of their grief.

Date 27 Feb - 5 Mar 1933 Events Reichstag Fire and Reichstag election: on 27 February the Reichstag building was set on fire. A Dutch communist, van der Lubbe, was caught red-handed in the burning ...

A symbol of Germany's past, present and future, the Reichstag, or Parliament Building, is a blend of different architecture styles from the late 20th to late 21st centuries. It symbolizes the ...

One such occurred in Berlin, exactly 92 years ago: the Reichstag fire of Feb. 27 ... who had been encouraged by them to set the building on fire. Still others, including Ian Kershaw, have argued ...