feb 28, 1933 - Reichstag Fire Decree

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The day after the Reichstag (parliament) in Berlin is set on fire, the Nazis and the Nationalists blame the Communists + declare a state of emergency. Gave the regime many powers outside of usual law, key step in the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship. Germany became a police state in which citizens enjoyed no guaranteed basic rights and the SS, the elite guard of the Nazi state, wielded increasing authority through its control over the police.

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