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JANUARY 6TH; WAS OUR VERSION OF; OF THE REICHSTAG FIRE.
BUT IT'S NOT OVER. | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
787 views 24 upvotes Made by whistlelock 5 years ago in politicsTOO
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2 ups, 5y,
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Excellent observation!
The aftermath of Jan-6 is almost identical to what happened back then:
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**The Plot**

The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building (the German Capitol).
On Monday 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany, the Reichstag was set on fire.
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**Control of Government entrenched**

Nazi Party used the fire as a pretext to claim that communists were plotting against the German government to suspend civil liberties and pursue a ruthless confrontation with the political opponent.
After the decree was issued, the government instituted mass arrests, including all of the Communist Party's parliamentary delegates.
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**Civil liberties suspended**

The Reichstag Fire Decree suspended most civil liberties in Germany, including habeas corpus, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, the right of free association and public assembly, and the secrecy of postal services and telephone.
The decree was used by the Nazis to ban publications not considered friendly to their political cause. Despite the fact that van der Lubbe claimed to have acted alone in the Reichstag fire, Hitler, after having obtained his emergency powers, announced that it was the start of an insurrection to take over Germany. Nazi Party newspapers then published this fabricated "news".[18]
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**Conspiracy Theories**

Van der Lubbe being solely responsible the Nazis sought to make it appear to be communist insurgents that set the fire. On the other hand, the communists sought to make it appear that Van der Lubbe was working for the Nazis, so each side constructed a conspiracy theory in which the other was the villain.[36]
The responsibility for the Reichstag fire remains a topic of debate and research. Some historians believe, based on archive evidence, that the arson had been planned and ordered by the Nazis as a false flag operation.
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source www.wikipedia.com
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Not that I disagree with anything you've written, but using Wikipedia as a source is pretty much the antithesis of credibility.
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More similar to the beer hall putsch
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I hope so.
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