Rise of the Nazis - Reichstag Fire
- Created by: Naomi
- Created on: 20-04-13 14:23
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- Reichstag Fire
- The fire happened just 6 days before the 1933 election
- Theories about the fire
- The fire was the work of one man (Van der Lubbe)
- The fire was the work of the Communists
- Start a revolution
- The fire was the work of the Nazis
- Place blame on the Communists
- Win over the public's and Hindenberg's support
- Hindenberg, after being convinced by Hitler that it was the start of a Communist revolution signed an emergency decree
- The leaders of the Communist party were rounded up and put in prison
- Hitler was given power to close meetings of other parties
- Newspapers could be censored
- Private mail could be checked
- All of this was very useful to the Nazi party as it was 6 days before the election
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