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[[File:Reichstag 1985.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The Reichstag remained boarded up and abandoned, and the people unrepresented, throughout the 40 year life of [[Democratic Socialist]] East Germany.]]
The '''Reichstag''' in [[Berlin]] is the home of the ''Bundestag'', or [[German]] Parliament. The large classical building was constructed between 1884 and 1894 as the seat of the Reichstag, the Parliament of the [[German Empire]]. On 27 February 1933, shortly after [[Adolf Hitler]] became Chancellor of Germany, a fire broke out in the Reichstag building. Although the origins of the fire remain shrouded in mystery - a young Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was tried and executed for alleged arson - the [[Nazi]]s exploited outrage at the incident as an excuse to impose emergency laws outlawing political opposition. The Nazis, who did not believe in parliamentary democracy, never rebuilt it and used the Kroll Opera House for occasional gatherings of the Nazi parliament.
The '''Reichstag''' in [[Berlin]] is the home of the ''Bundestag'', or [[German]] Parliament. The large classical building was constructed between 1884 and 1894 as the seat of the Reichstag, the Parliament of the [[German Empire]]. On 27 February 1933, shortly after [[Adolf Hitler]] became Chancellor of Germany, a fire broke out in the Reichstag building. Although the origins of the fire remain shrouded in mystery - a young Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was tried and executed for alleged arson - the [[Nazi]]s exploited outrage at the incident as an excuse to impose emergency laws outlawing political opposition. The Nazis, who did not believe in parliamentary democracy, never rebuilt it and used the Kroll Opera House for occasional gatherings of the Nazi parliament.