Reichstag fire

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The Reichstag fire was a 1933 arson attack on the German parliament building that the Nazis exploited to suspend civil liberties and consolidate dictatorial power.

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Generate an image of the Reichstag fire (The Reichstag fire was a 1933 arson attack on the German parliament building that the Nazis exploited to suspend civil liberties and consolidate dictatorial power.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arson attack ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
accusedGroup Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
accusedPerson Marinus van der Lubbe ⓘ
aftermath Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
mass arrests of political opponents ⓘ
persecution of communists ⓘ
strengthening of Nazi control over state ⓘ
suspension of civil liberties in Germany ⓘ
cause arson ⓘ
consequence consolidation of Nazi power ⓘ
curtailment of freedom of assembly ⓘ
curtailment of freedom of speech ⓘ
curtailment of freedom of the press ⓘ
establishment of one-party rule in Germany ⓘ
expansion of state surveillance and repression ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
date 1933-02-27 ⓘ
disputedAspect true perpetrators remain historically contested ⓘ
endDate 1933-02-28 ⓘ
governmentResponse ban on many civil rights organizations ⓘ
immediate declaration of state of emergency ⓘ
historicalInterpretation seen as pretext for dismantling democracy in Germany ⓘ
jurisdiction Prussia ⓘ
legalConsequence Reichstag Fire Decree suspended key articles of Weimar Constitution ⓘ
introduction of emergency powers under Article 48 ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
Reichstag building ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
mediaCoverage widely reported in German and international press ⓘ
officialNarrative Nazis blamed communists for the fire ⓘ
partOf Nazi consolidation of power in 1933 ⓘ
politicalContext German federal election campaign of March 1933 ⓘ
Hitler recently appointed Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
relatedBuilding German parliament building ⓘ
relatedEvent Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
linked to: Third Reich
significance marked end of many civil liberties in Germany ⓘ
pivotal event in establishment of Nazi dictatorship ⓘ
used by Nazis to justify emergency powers ⓘ
startDate 1933-02-27 ⓘ
target Reichstag building ⓘ
timePeriod Nazi rise to power ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
usedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
victimGroup German communists ⓘ
German social democrats ⓘ
political opponents of Nazis ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nazi Germany → notableEvent → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Reichstag of Nazi Germany → meetsAfter → Reichstag fire of 1933 ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Weimar Republic → significantEvent → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Reichstag building → event → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Reichstag Fire Decree → follows → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Reichstag of the Weimar Republic → significantEvent → Reichstag Fire ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Kroll Opera House → reasonForParliamentMove → Reichstag building fire of 27 February 1933 ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Marinus van der Lubbe → event → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Nazi seizure of power → hasPart → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Nazi seizure of power → significantEvent → 27 February 1933 Reichstag fire ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Georgi Dimitrov → participantIn → Reichstag fire trial ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Machtergreifung → hasKeyEvent → Reichstag fire ⓘ
Blagoi Popov → participantIn → Reichstag fire trial ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Vasil Tanev → associatedWithEvent → Reichstag fire aftermath ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire
Weimar Republic politics → notableEvent → Reichstag Fire ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag fire