Title: Reichstag Description: Police inspect the rubble that remained after the burning of the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, on February 27, 1933; Rudolf Diels (December 16, 1900-November 18, 1957), the new Gestapo chief, called the fire "a communist crime against the new government" and added "Every communist official must be shot, every communist deputy must be strung up;" the Reichstag fire remains a mystery, but later evidence strongly suspects the fire that destroyed the building housing the German government was arson, planned and carried out by Nazis for their own political ends; Diels, a German politician, was in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934; Category: World War II Topic: Germany Keywords: arson, communists, fascism, fascists, Gestapo, politicians, Germans, Germany, National Socialism, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Nazism, Reichstag, Reichstag fire, Third Reich, 1930s. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1350 x 1913 (2.58 MPixels) (1.42) Print Size: 11.4 x 16.2 cm; 4.5 x 6.4 inches File Size: 7.40 MB (7,755,532 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000011126 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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