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What was the impact of fire decree of 1933 on germans?

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Reichstag Fire Decree

On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag Fire broke out in Germany. This fire led to the infamous Reichstag Fire Decree that would eventually cement the authoritarian, police state power of the Nazi Party. It would also set in motion the ethnic and religious scapegoating the Party would use to further institutionalize its nationalist and genocidal campaigns.

The Origins of the Reichstag Fire

The Reichstag building was the location of the German Parliament, and in the 1930s, great concern grew regarding the security of the building due to concerns of political unrest. On the night of February 27, 1933, a fire broke out, cloaking the entire building in flames. The fire mysteriously started in the Session Chamber of the building despite the fact that it was unoccupied at the time.

An immediate response was made by both the police and the fire department, but the fire raged inexplicably out of control. Within a very short period of time, the Chamber of Deputies was totally ablaze. Upon arrival, the authorities immediately realized that the fire was the result of a deliberate arson.

The authorities performed a search of the building and found a young man named Marinus van der Lubbe, a member of the Communist Party. Concern had been raised in Germany over the anti-government activities of the Community Party and the discovery of van der Lubbe was presented as proof that communists were planning to overthrow the German government.

Hitler and the Aftermath of the Fire

Roughly one month prior to the fire, Adolph Hitler had become the Chancellor of Germany. In the aftermath of the fire, Hitler put enormous pressure on German President Paul von Hindenburg to issue a decree that would restore public order and address the threat of the Communist Party.

This was not the first decree sought by Hitler. On February 4, 1933, three weeks before the fire, Hitler had issued the Decree for the Protection of the German People. This was a Decree that restricted freedoms of the press and the assembly in Germany so as to prevent attempts at overthrowing the government. Even political meetings were outlawed under this decree. The public was willing to accept this Decree since it was meant to be a temporary measure. However, the Reichstag Fire Decree that followed would be a much more severe, and for all intents and purposes, a permanent decree.

The fire at the Reichstag occurred only a few days before the new parliamentary elections in Germany. Many conspiracy theories have purported that the fire was started by the Nazis in order to avoid the elections and assume total control over Germany. In truth, no one really knows for sure who started the fire and for what reason. It is very clear, however, that the Nazi Party used the fire to take advantage of the fears of the population. The fire was publicized as the first major threat of a communist overthrow of the government. Fearful that a Civil War was soon to break out, the German citizens were willing to allow Hitler extra-constitutional powers to deal with the perceived threat.

The Decree is Issued

On February 28, 1933, an improvised version of the Decree was issued and it was signed into law. The Decree essentially eliminated the vast majority of the freedoms presented in the Weimar Constitution. Habeas corpus was suspended along with freedom of the press, association and assembly, expression, privacy, and all rights awarded to private property. Rights given to local municipalities were eliminated and replaced by central government authority. Literally overnight, Germany ceased being a democracy and became a government-controlled, totalitarian dictatorship. Such actions would continue in the aftermath of the Reichstag Fire Decree. The Enabling Act would be another measure the Nazi Party would put into effect. This Act gave Hitler the ability to create laws without going through the Parliament.

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The day after the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down due to arson, President Hindenburg issues the Decree for the Protection of People and the Reich.

Though the origins of the fire are still unclear, in a propaganda maneuver, the coalition government (made up of Nazis and the Nationalists) blamed the Communists. They exploited the Reichstag fire to secure President Hindenburg’s approval for an emergency decree, popularly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, that suspended individual rights and due process of law. The Reichstag Fire Decree permitted the regime to arrest and incarcerate political opponents without specific charge, dissolve political organizations, and to suppress publications. It also gave the central government the authority to overrule state and local laws and overthrow state and local governments. The decree was a key step in the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship. Germany became a police state in which citizens enjoyed no guaranteed basic rights and the SS, the elite guard of the Nazi state, wielded increasing authority through its control over the police.

The Reichstag (German parliament) building burns in Berlin. Hitler used the event to convince President Hindenburg to declare a state of emergency, suspending important constitutional safeguards. Germany, February 27, 1933.