This Day In History

February 27 – The Reichstag is Set on Fire


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On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us how the fire at the Reichstag in 1933 helped the Nazi Party gain a foothold in rising to power in Germany. A young Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was tried and sentenced to death for starting the fire which was then used as evidence...
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