27 February 1933
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The German Reichstag is set alight
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Berlin in Netherlands. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The German Reichstag is set alight
Is arrested after the Reichstag building burns, giving the Nazi Government the pretext for sweeping emergency measures against communists and other opponents.
Provenance
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