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On the night of Feb. 27, 1933, an arsonist attacked the Reichstag, Germany's historic parliamentary building. It was a critical moment in the country's collapse from democracy to dictatorship.
‘Reichstag fire moment’ has been invoked for Donald Trump before. Gen. Mark Milley, then-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said just before the Jan. 6 uprising at the Capitol, ...
On February 27, 1933—more than 68 years ago—the Berlin Reichstag, the seat of Germany’s parliament, was set on fire. Shortly after the fire began, the Dutch left-wing radical Marinus van der ...
The Cultural Reichstag Fires by Scott McKay. February 21, 2019, 12:06 AM ...
Facebook X Reddit Email Save. Nearly one month into Donald Trump’s second term, the courts, the Congress, and the American people are facing the denouement of our democracy’s power. Each will ...
America, this is not a drill. The Reichstag is burning. For five years, my colleagues and I have taken pains to avoid Nazi comparisons. It is usually hyperbolic, and counterproductive, to label ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
One of the stranger aspects of Gen. Mark Milley’s outburst is his apparent assumption that Nazis set the Reichstag Fire (“Gen. Milley Reminisces About the Battle of the Beltway” by Gerard ...
The term “Reichstag fire” refers to the 1933 arson at the German parliament building, committed by at least one communist. Hitler, the new chancellor, did not let this crisis go to waste.
N early one month into Donald Trump’s second term, the courts, the Congress, and the American people are facing the ...
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