Reichstag Fire Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
What happened?
A
The Reichstag building was set on fire.
2
Q
What was 1st arguments for the Nazis doing it?
A
German elections were scheduled for 5th March 1933 one week after the fire, Hitler needed a majority to secure his position.
3
Q
What was 2nd argument for Nazis doing the fire?
A
The historian Hans Mommsen say that the Nazis were in a state of panic the night of the Reichstag fire.
4
Q
What was the 1st argument that the communists did it?
A
On the night of the fire, Hitler was having dinner with Goebbels. When Goebbels room the phone call he thought it was a hoax.
5
Q
What was tbe 2nd argument that the Communist did it?
A
Van der Lubbe was found guilty and was beheaded in a German prison yard.
