Herman Goering24 February 1933
Launches a raid on the Communist Party HQ
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Launches a raid on the Communist Party HQ
Leads an SA detachment from the Presidents Palace through a tunnel
Suspected of being involved because a tunnel leads from his office to the Reichstag
The Nazis burn down the Reichstag & blame a communist plot
Claims van der Lubbe was a pawn in in Communist Plot to lunch a campaign of terror
Persuaded by Hitler to suspend civil liberties because of a communist threat
Hitler promulgates a decree "for the protection of the People & the State"
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
The Reichstag Fire trial is held but the communist leaders are acquitted
As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
Has the Marxist Press banned. Has 4,000 Communists & Social Democrats arrested
Allows Hitler to accelerate the banning of the Communist Party & confirm Nazi claims of a pending Communist revolution
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA
Promises General Blomber that he will suppress the SA leadership. Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of the SA
Urges Brauchitsch to plot against Hitler, resigns when Brauchitsch informs Hitler
Geor Elser plants a bomb which nearly kills Hitler
Testifies at the Nuremburg trials that Goebbels 1st thought of burning the Reichstag
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