Marinus van der Lubbe27 February 1933
Is arrested after the Reichstag building burns, giving the Nazi Government the pretext for sweeping emergency measures against communists and other opponents.
Netherlands · Politics / Communist Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Is arrested after the Reichstag building burns, giving the Nazi Government the pretext for sweeping emergency measures against communists and other opponents.
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