- Headline
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Germany Is Placed Under Virtual Martial Law In A Drive Against Communism
- Sub-Headline
- Many Communists Arrested Following Incendiary Fire In Reichstag Building and Report on Karl Liebknecht House Raid
- Publication Date
- Wednesday, March 1, 1933
- Historical Event
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Reichstag Fire Plunges Germany into Virtual Martial Law
This database includes 486 articles about this event - Article Type
- Page Section and Number
- 1
- Author/Byline
- AP
- Article Text
- Berlin, Feb. 28.—(AP)—A heavy blow was struck at Communism in Germany by a decree President von Hindenburg signed tonight placing the nation under virtual martial law "to protect the people from Communist danger.
The decree was approved at a cabinet meeting at which Wilhelm Goering, minister without portfolio and commissioner for the Prussian ministry of interior, reported to his colleagues on the incendiary fire which damaged the reichstag last night, and on the recent raid on Karl Liebknecht house, the Communist headquarters in Berlin.
The emergency measure taken by the government to cope with the situation fell short of martial law only because of the desire to keep the army out of politics.
Meanwhile, Communist leaders throughout Germany were placed under arrest. The arrest order affected Communist members of the reichstag, but it was impossible to determine how many of them had been seized, as many went into hiding.
In Hanover 140 Communis were arrested, in Hamburg 150, In Unterweissbach seven, and in Duesseldork[sic] thirty-six.
Party headquarters throughout the country were raided, and subversive literature and weapons were seized. - History Unfolded Contributor
- Jennifer G.
- Location of Research
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Learn More about this Historical Event: Reichstag Fire Plunges Germany into Virtual Martial Law
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- Law Against the Founding of New Political Parties (Holocaust Encyclopedia)
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