The Reichstag Fire And The Enabling Act Flashcards
What did people believe about the nazis involvement in the fire?
Some believed the nazis set up van der lubbe to start the fire so they could catch him. Some thought he would start a little fire and then nazi storm troopers would finish it off
Why did some people believe hitler wasn’t responsible for the fire?
He reacted so strongly towards the fire being the communists fault so he couldn’t have done it
Why do people think the nazis were not involved?
The tunnels to the reichstag have many locked doors and after the fire, the doors were still locked
Why would hitler be responsible for the fire?
He needed an emergency so he could use article 48 to make the enabling act and make himself the leader of Germany
Why was van der lubbe considered incapable of setting the reichstag on fire?
He wasn’t smart enough and was caught with only a box of matches and it is too vast a building to be set on fire with a box of matches
Who overheard goerring confessing to the fire whilst drunk at a party?
General halder
Why could hitler not be held responsible for the fire?
Only van der lubbe was caught in the act and there’s no evidence that hitler was involved at all
What was the enabling act?
The act that states hitler can work alone without consulting the reichstag for 4 years, essentially he is a dictator
Who was blamed for the reichstag fire in 1933?
- Marinus van der lubbe
* communists
