Reichstag Fire Decree

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The Reichstag Fire Decree was an emergency order issued by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933 that suspended key civil liberties in Germany and enabled the Nazi regime’s subsequent dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional decree ⓘ
emergency decree ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
allowedMeasure arbitrary arrest ⓘ
censorship of publications ⓘ
confiscation of property ⓘ
house searches without warrants ⓘ
preventive detention without trial ⓘ
suppression of political organizations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State ⓘ
Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dateEnacted 1933-02-28 ⓘ
dateSigned 1933-02-28 ⓘ
follows Reichstag fire ⓘ
governmentTypeContext Weimar Republic transitioning to Nazi dictatorship ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation for later Nazi repression and terror state ⓘ
key step in dismantling democracy in Germany ⓘ
issuer Office of the President of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalBasis Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
locationSigned Berlin ⓘ
politicalEffect enabled establishment of a one-party dictatorship ⓘ
expanded powers of the executive branch ⓘ
facilitated Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
undermined the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
weakened the Reichstag ⓘ
reason alleged communist insurrection after the Reichstag fire ⓘ
signatory Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
supportedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party
suspendedRight freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
habeas corpus protections ⓘ
privacy of postal communications ⓘ
privacy of telegraphic communications ⓘ
privacy of telephonic communications ⓘ
protection against unlawful searches ⓘ
protection against unlawful seizures ⓘ
targetedGroup Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
other political opponents of the Nazi Party ⓘ
temporalScope remained formally in force throughout the Nazi regime ⓘ
usedFor intimidation of political opposition ⓘ
mass arrests of communists ⓘ
suppression of civil society ⓘ

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Enabling Act of 1933 → precededBy → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Gleichschaltung → legalInstrument → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Reichstag fire → aftermath → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Third Reich → notableEvent → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Reich government → usedLegalInstrument → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich → alsoKnownAs → Ermächtigungsgesetz ⓘ
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Reichstag Fire Decree → alsoKnownAs → Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State ⓘ
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Reichstag Fire Decree → alsoKnownAs → Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 ⓘ
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Weimar Constitution → suspendedDeFactoBy → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
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Reichstag Fire Decree → officialName → Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State ⓘ
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Generalstaatskommissar in Bavaria → relatedTo → Weimar Republic emergency powers ⓘ
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Article 48 → influenced → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution → relatedTo → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution → legalBasisFor → Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 ⓘ
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Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Notverordnungsrecht des Reichspräsidenten ⓘ
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Special Courts (Sondergerichte) → legalBasis → Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag Fire Decree
Nazi judicial system → legalInstrument → Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ