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The Reichstag Fire

7.2(4)20231h 30m2

Berlin, February 27, 1933. The Reichstag is in flames. A young Dutch unemployed man, Marinus van der Lubbe, was found alone in the building. For Hitler, it was a plot by the "Reds". One hundred thousand communists and sympathizers were arrested during the night and in the days that followed and locked up in the first Nazi concentration camps. In March, the Chancellor obtained full powers. On September 21, the trial opened in Leipzig, broadcast on the radio. For the Nazis and the Communists alike, van der Lubbe was the perfect scapegoat. On December 23, 1933, he was sentenced to death, while his four co-defendants were acquitted.

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Language
French
  • fire
  • dictatorship
  • nazism
  • 1930s
  • adolf hitler
  • nazi germany
  • documentary
  • history
  • german government
  • reichstag

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France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland

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  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical27 Feb 2023
    • PremiereTPArte7 Mar 2023
    • Digital / OTTTPArte•tv13 Jan 2026
    • TVTPArte30 Jun 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereArte7 Mar 2023
    • Digital / OTTArte•tv13 Jan 2026
    • TVArte30 Jun 2026

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