Adolf Hitler4 February 1933
Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
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