Edel, who was sitting in the office, was holding a telegram sent from Germany and thinking to himself. Yes, the telegram sent from Germany said that a Dutchman named Marinus van der Lubbe
The Communists set fire to the Reichstag, and after an investigation the German government claimed that the mastermind behind the attack was the German Communist Party.
As in the original time and space, at 22:00 on February 27, 1933, the Berlin Fire Brigade received news that a fire broke out in the Reichstag. It was not until 23:30 that the fire was extinguished. After firefighters and police inspected the fire scene, it was discovered that
He found 20 unburned bundles of arson fuel and a naked man shivering from the cold. This man's name was Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch Communist and an unemployed construction worker who had arrived in Germany not long ago.
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However, Edel, who has the memory of later generations, knew that this was just a way for Hitler to fulfill his promise to come to power. Because he had made an agreement with Juncker before he came to power, and the main threat to the Communist Party needed to be eliminated. In fact, this Congress
It doesn't matter who the mastermind behind the arson is, or even his personal behavior. The key is that Hitler, who has just come to power, needs communists to be the mastermind.
On the other hand, the Communist Party that came to power had long been resentful of the Communist Party for obstructing it.
Although Hitler successfully became chancellor, six weeks after taking power, the fate of the brown revolution he led was still a question mark. The Prussian government was urgently dissolved, causing serious concern in other states.
In mid-February, Goering launched a fierce purge of the Prussian police, purging all those he did not trust. He ordered his police force to "remove at all costs those who are hostile to the SA, the SS and the Wehrmacht."
anything. Because these organizations contain the most constructive people for the country...The duty of the police is to assist in any form of National Socialist propaganda."
Then, he issued a proclamation to the effect that the police should take bold action against various organizations that are hostile to the country and can use weapons at any time. If they "fail in their duties", they will be punished. This is a warning to the Communists
, Marxists and their sympathizers openly declared war.
Like Prussia, seven smaller states had submitted politically, but the larger states—including Bavaria, the birthplace of National Socialism—refused to surrender to Hitler's government. At the same time, the Communists called for
The masses rose up to resist the revolution.
On February 21, the "Red Fighter Alliance" incited the "Young Proletarians" to disarm the SS and SA. "In the future Red Army, every comrade will be a commander! This is what we promised to the Soviet Red Army soldiers.
The oath. Neither machine guns, pistols nor prisons can destroy our struggle. We are the masters of tomorrow!"
A few days later, Red Sailor, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party, openly called for violent action: "Workers, enter the fortifications! March towards victory! Load the bullets! Pull the fuse of the grenade!"
These calls for revolution may have been mere slogans, but Goering took them seriously—or acted. On February 24, he stormed Berlin's "Karl Liebknecht Building". Official announcements said the police had seized Communist Party documents.
uprising plan. On the evening of February 26, Hanussen predicted that this revolution would erupt into war.
When the atmosphere was so tense, the arson attack on the Capitol on February 27 immediately made the Democratic Party nervous.
It is said that Hitler saw the sky above Tiegaarden turn red and shouted: "The Communists did it!"
After shouting, he and Goebbels rushed to the scene of the fire. After arriving at the scene, they found Göring in the building that was still burning.
Subsequently, cabinet ministers, officials and other dignitaries (including the mayor of Berlin, Prince Away, the police chief and the British ambassador) came one after another. The person responsible for conducting the preliminary investigation walked in.
Rudolf Diels, chief of the political police of the Prussian Ministry of Interior, reported to the Führer and Göring that the arsonist was a Dutchman named Van der Lub, who had been found in the Reichstag - he was half naked. An interrogation
The reporter shouted angrily: "Why did you do this?"
The radical young man replied: "To protest."
However, the Communist Party did not believe what he said.
Goering said, "This is the beginning of the Communist uprising. Not a minute can be wasted..."
Hitler said: "Give them some color! Whoever dares to stop us will knock him down!"
His face turned red due to excitement, "The German people have grown too weak. All Communist Party officials must be shot. All Communist Party representatives must be hanged tonight. All friends of the Communist Party must be imprisoned. This also applies.
To the Social Democrats and the Reichsba-ner (national pest)!”
At the same time, Goering was also furious with the person who wrote the report for the official Prussian newspaper. The draft only had 20 lines and only mentioned one arsonist. After a cursory glance, Goering shouted: "It's all nonsense! As a police report
, it may be good, but it is not the communique in my mind, not at all!"
He grabbed a blue pencil and changed the 100 pounds of ignition material into 1,000 pounds. The author retorted that one person could not carry such a heavy weight. Goering retorted: "Nothing is impossible. Why do you say there is only one person?"
There are 10 or even 20 people! Don’t you understand what is happening? This is a signal for a Communist uprising!”
Göring rewrote the communiqué, pointing out that Van der Lub's accomplices were two Communists in the Reichstag. The original author asked him to sign it because it was not an official report but a political document. "Only you officially sign it."
", he said, "Only if I hand it over to the news agency will they be willing to accept it."
Göring reluctantly drew a capital G on it. (The first letter of "Göring" - translation annotation). At this time, all the police radio stations were calling to arrest the Communist members of Congress, as well as the provincial and municipal councils.
The Communist Party members here will also be arrested. Communist officials will also be arrested, and all red newspapers will be closed.
At the cabinet meeting, Hitler declared that the current crisis forced us to "settle accounts" with the Communist Party "without mercy" and "without relying on the law." Therefore, he suggested passing a law to protect the country from being attacked.
The emergency decree on the "Red" disaster must be made to sound purely defensive in nature and not too eye-catching. At the same time, he only mentioned it lightly, "This is a special measure aimed at protecting the documents of the German people."
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However, after Frank read the draft, it was obvious that this decree had canceled most of the rights that a democratic society could give people. First of all, it canceled the civil liberties granted by the Weimar Constitution - freedom of speech.
Freedom of the press, the sanctity of the family, confidentiality of correspondence and telephone conversations, freedom of assembly and association, and the inviolability of private property, etc.
Then, it authorized the German Interior Minister to temporarily control state governments that were unable to maintain order. No minister opposed the deprivation of citizenship. Only Papen proposed that interfering in the affairs of the states would sow deep hatred, especially in Bavaria. Papen
Ben's objection was also fleeting. He also made only a small modification-a modification in name only.
That night, Hitler and he met with Hindenburg. The Führer argued that this law was necessary to suppress the Red Revolution. Papen and Messner did not express their opinions, so the president signed it.
As a result, the National Emergency Law replaced the military measures that conservatives dreamed of, and the cabinet controlled the powers that were generally only granted to the commander-in-chief in the case of military dictatorship. On the surface, these powers are not terrible because the cabinet has an overwhelming advantage.
It was not the National Socialist Party that was responsible. The law was passed, but the time was so short and the emotions were so strong that no one could figure out who had the idea to abolish citizenship rights instead of reducing them like the previous prime minister.
The subsequent emergency measures aimed at suppressing a non-existent rebellion turned out to be a leap forward on Hitler's path to all power. Truck after truck of SA and SS troops hurriedly swore oaths and became police officers.
Auxiliary forces to assist them in maintaining the implementation of emergency laws.
They suddenly rose up, rushed into the rooms and taverns of the Communist Party that they had already controlled, and threw them into prisons or underground interrogation rooms one by one. More than 3,000 Communists and Social Democrats were detained by regular police at airports, docks and other places.
Under strict surveillance; trains were searched at the border.
This arrest operation resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of 18,000 German Communists, including the leader of the German Communist Party, Ernst Thälmann.
And in the subsequent parliamentary election on March 5, the Democratic Party won 44% of the seats, but still failed to reach a 2/3 majority. Among them, the National People's Party and Hitler stood together, and they accounted for 52% of the seats.
.In this way, Hitler basically reached the point where he had great power.
It doesn't matter who committed the arson attack on the Reichstag this time, but the key is that the Communist Party and Juncker and other conservative forces work together to uproot the Communist Party. Hitler, who first came to power, played tricks on this and fully achieved his own goals.
Edel's purpose was astonishing. Before the outbreak of World War II, some newspapers called him the greatest politician of the early 20th century.
