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Van der Lubbe was Dutch, sure and he did come to Germany to help the Communists there, but there's no evidence I know of that when he burned down the Reichstag, he did it under any orders from above. In spite of what the Nazis claimed, he seems to have done it entirely on his own.--[[User:Epicurius|Steve]] 17:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
Van der Lubbe was Dutch, sure and he did come to Germany to help the Communists there, but there's no evidence I know of that when he burned down the Reichstag, he did it under any orders from above. In spite of what the Nazis claimed, he seems to have done it entirely on his own.--[[User:Epicurius|Steve]] 17:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
:Hans Gisevius, ''To the Bitter End: An Insider's Account of the Plot to Kill Hitler, 1933-1944'' [http://www.amazon.com/Bitter-End-Insiders-Account-1933-1944/dp/0306808692] is usually considered the definitive account on this, however it will always remain the domain of conspiracy theorists. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 17:45, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
:Hans Gisevius, ''To the Bitter End: An Insider's Account of the Plot to Kill Hitler, 1933-1944'' [http://www.amazon.com/Bitter-End-Insiders-Account-1933-1944/dp/0306808692] is usually considered the definitive account on this, however it will always remain the domain of conspiracy theorists. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 17:45, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
::I'll have to read it. But doesn't that conflate two questions? First, whether there was really some international Communist plot to burn down the Reichstag, after Hitler came to power (which, apparently, Gisevius agrees with, if I read you correctly), and second, whether there was an international component to the Weimar era Communist gangs. It's just a minor point, of course, and not really woth disputing. I just want to make sure it's accurate (and perhaps I'm nitpicking).--[[User:Epicurius|Steve]] 18:09, 1 May 2007 (EDT)