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Reichstag fire

Reichstag fire

The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday, 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Wikipedia
Date: February 27, 1933
Outcome: Reichstag Fire Decree enacted > Van der Lubbe executed; Civil liberties suspended; Nazi control of government entrenched