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feb 27, 1933 - Reichstag Fire

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The Reichstag burned and a single dutch communist Maurinus Van der Lubbe was arrested and charged.
Hitler used it to condemn the communist party and as propaganda for the Nazis as they were a strong anti-communist party (using it as a pretext that the communists were plotting)
As a result, a fear and anger torwards communists developed which only helped the Nazis.

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feb 27, 1933
Now
~ 92 years ago

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