THIS IS HOW HITLER DID IT

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In February 1933, a month after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, an arsonist torched the Reichstag, Germany’s parliament building. The cause was debatable, but it was suspected that Hitler’s people had set the fire themselves so that they could declare a national emergency. The Nazis blamed Communist radicals. Germany’s President von Hindenburg thereupon issued a decree declaring an emergency and suspending all civil liberties in Germany including habeas corpus, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the right of assembly and other democratic benefits.

Hitler never rescinded the emergency decree. It was a primary contributor to his assumption of absolute rule over Germany.