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The '''Reichstag fire''' was a [[false flag]] operation conducted the [[National Socialist]] party in [[Germany]] weeks after German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ascension to power. The purpose of the operation was to blame the enemies of national socialism and empower the new regime with enabling legislation to stomp out its enemies and further restrict constitutional and [[human rights]].
The '''Reichstag fire''' was a [[false flag]] operation conducted the [[National Socialist]] party in [[Germany]] weeks after German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ascension to power. The purpose of the operation was to blame the enemies of national socialism and empower the new regime with enabling legislation to stomp out its enemies and further restrict constitutional and [[human rights]].
Within days, the [[Enabling Act]] was passed.
{{quotebox-float|"Restrictions on personal [[liberty]], on the right of [[free speech|free expression of opinion]], including [[freedom of the press]]; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications; and warrants for house searchers, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed."<ref>The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Book Two, "Triumph and Consolidation." William Shirer</ref>}}
==See also==
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