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How did the Reichstag Fire Impact the Nazi Government?

How did the Reichstag Fire Impact the Nazi Government?. Presented By: Alex Denk, Brody Honkanen, Danielle LaPorte, and Emily Neill Presented For: Mr. Peterson Period: 3t. Table of Contents. Background on the Fire Part One Part Two Part Three Timeline Main Question and Answer

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How did the Reichstag Fire Impact the Nazi Government?

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  1. How did the Reichstag Fire Impact the Nazi Government? Presented By: Alex Denk, Brody Honkanen, Danielle LaPorte, and Emily Neill Presented For: Mr. Peterson Period: 3t

  2. Table of Contents • Background on the Fire • Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Timeline • Main Question and Answer • Bibliography

  3. Background on the Fire • February 27, 1933 the Reichstag (German Parliament) Building caught fire. • When police arrived they found 24-year-old Marinus van der Lubbe on the grounds. • Gestapo arrested him and then tortured him until he confessed to starting the fire. • He did denied that he was part of a Communist conspiracy. • Hermann Goering refused to believe him and ordered the arrest of several leaders of the German Communist Party (KPD). Reichstag Building on Fire!

  4. Background on the Fire Continued • After Adolf Hitler heard the news about the fire he gave orders that all leaders of the German Communist Party “be hanged that very night.” • President Paul von Hindenburg vetoed this decision but did agree that Hitler should take “dictatorial powers”. • KPD candidates were arrested and Goering announced that the Nazi Party planned “to exterminate” German communists. • German Police charged van der Lubbe and four communists (including Ernst Torgler, the chairman of the KPD and Georgi Dimitrov of the Soviet Comintern) of setting the fire. Marinus van der Lubbe

  5. Background on the Fire Continued • March 23, 1933, German Reichstag (Parliament) passed the Enabling Bill. • It banned the KPD and the Social Democratic Party from taking part in future election campaigns, making the Nazi Party the only legal political party in Germany. • Nazi officials then began put in charge of all local government. • Trades unions being abolished, their funds taken and their leaders put in prison. • van der Lubbe was found guilty of the fire and was executed on January 10, 1934. Arrested Communist

  6. Timeline of Political Advances made because of the Reichstag Fire Reichstag Building before Fire January 30, 1933: President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor. February 27, 1933: German Parliament, Reichstag Building , Burns Down. February 28, 1933: President Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler invoke Article 48 of the Constitution. March 5, 1933: Goering declares that there is no further need for state governments. March 24, 1933: Parliament passes the Enabling Law , granting Hitler dictatorial power.

  7. “How did the Reichstag Fire Impact the Nazi Government?” • Reichstag Fire helped the Nazi party. • It allowed them to use propaganda to rally the public to blame the communists. • Successfully defeated all other political parties. • Allow Hitler to become Dictator, gaining more power, because of laws put in place because of the fire.

  8. Bibliography Primary SourcesClark-Zaino, Judith. “Mandel Fellowship Lesson Plans.” Academic Kellogg. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://academic.kellogg.edu/‌mandel/‌zaino2.htm>.“Documents - Building the Nazi Regime .” German History Doc. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/‌sub_document.cfm?document_id=1496>.Secondary SourcesBlog Spot. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/‌_CvJyBl03SdQ/‌TFB_MoG2wtI/‌AAAAAAAACBw/‌S1IuU9k8hqk/‌s1600/‌firenazi.jpg>.Blog Spot. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/‌_LoPTdkHrjjk/‌SHiTWW8aIeI/‌AAAAAAAAAL4/‌Kb50GvPdTEA/‌s1600/‌communists+arrested+reichstag+fire.gif>.Simkin, John. Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/‌GERreichstagF.htm>.Singer, Galen Fry. “Berlin.” Galen Fry Singer. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://www.galenfrysinger.com/‌berlin.htm>.Tweede. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://www.wereldoorlog.org/‌images/‌concentratiekampen/‌lubbejong.jpg>.Weyrich, Jr., Orville R. “Reichstag Fire.” Weyrich Consulting Services. N.p., 31 Dec. 1997. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://www.weyrich.com/‌political_issues/‌reichstag_fire.html>.Wikimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2011. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/‌wikipedia/‌commons/‌a/‌aa/‌Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13744,_Berlin,_Reichstag,_Verfassungsfeier.jpg>.

  9. Reichstag Building Today It is still in ruins after 78 years. *THE END*

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