On the night of Feb. 27, 1933, an arsonist attacked the Reichstag, Germany’s historic parliamentary building. It was a ...

In the name of national security, which hadn’t actually been threatened, the German people surrendered their rights.

Zhogol was a witness and participant of the main events of the last century: he saw the Victory Banner hoisted in the center ...

In particular, the Trump administration's move to shut America's doors to refugees and stop all entry from nationals of seven Muslim countries has me thinking more and more about the Reichstag fire.

Hitler was furious when he learned that Strasser had met with Schleicher to explore potential cooperation. He accused ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor on Thursday urged outgoing members of parliament to exempt some defense spending from the ...

In March of 1933, with the National Socialist Party shy of a majority in the Reichstag, Hitler sought and obtained a two-thirds majority vote in the chamber that passed what we know as the Enabling ...

A symbol of Germany's past, present and future, the Reichstag, or Parliament Building, is a blend of different architecture styles from the late 20th to late 21st centuries. It symbolizes the ...

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On Feb. 27, 1933, Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties. In 1942, the ...

The House and the Senate, both with small Republican majorities, may soon be compelled to face the choice that the Reichstag faced in March 1933. One court has ruled that he defied the ...

One such occurred in Berlin, exactly 92 years ago: the Reichstag fire of Feb. 27, 1933. The fire served as a convenient crisis for Hitler’s government to declare a state of emergency and begin ...