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The Reichstag Fire

On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. They claimed that emergency legislation was needed to prevent this. The resulting act, commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, abolished a number of constitutional protections and paved the way for Nazi dictatorship.

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Women group together in a prisoner barracks. Some of the women are laying on the floor, while others are laying on the wooden bunk beds. All of them are wearing heavy outwear or wrapped in blankets.

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Blanka Rothschild holds one of her prewar family photographs. [LCID: athbr039]

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The Holocaust: Key Questions

Learn about the Holocaust through six key questions and related articles.