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Dome of the Reichstag (German parliament) building, virtually destroyed by fire on February 27, 1933. Hitler used the arson to convince President Hindenburg to declare a state of emergency, suspending constitutional safeguards. Berlin, Germany, 1933.

Dome of the Reichstag (German parliament) building, virtually destroyed by fire on February 27, 1933. Hitler used the arson to convince President Hindenburg to declare a state of emergency, suspending constitutional safeguards. Berlin, Germany, 1933.

— Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz


Referenced in the following Holocaust Encyclopedia article(s):

Germany: Establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship »
The Reichstag Fire »