# Reichstag Fire (1933)

URL: https://allhistories.com/germany/timeline/1933-reichstag-fire
Location: Berlin
Themes: main-event

On 27 February 1933 the Reichstag burned. The next day a decree suspended basic rights. Thousands of communists and opponents were arrested.

## Why it matters
It laid the legal basis for Nazi terror.

Who Was in Power: [Adolf Hitler](https://allhistories.com/germany/rulers/adolf-hitler)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia – Reichstag fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire)
- [Wikipedia – Reichstag Fire Decree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_Fire_Decree)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica – Reichstag fire](https://www.britannica.com/event/Reichstag-fire)