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Burning the Reichstag : an investigation into the Third Reich's enduring mystery /

In February 1933, Adolf Hitler had only a tenuous grasp on power. Chancellor of Germany for merely four weeks, he led a fragile coalition government. The Nazis had lost seats in the Reichstag in the recent election, and claimed only three of thirteen cabinet posts. Then on February 27th, arson sent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hett, Benjamin Carter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Satanic nose": Rudolf Diels
  • "SA + me": Joseph Goebbels
  • "What just went on here is an absolute outrage": rumors
  • "Those who know nothing are better off": the investigation
  • Rival narratives: the propaganda battle
  • "Stand up, van der Lubbe!": the trial and what followed
  • The fire at Nuremberg: the prosecutors' tale
  • "Persil letters": the gestapists' tale
  • "The feared one": Fritz Tobias and his "clients"
  • "Snow from yesterday": blackmail and the Institute for Contemporary History
  • Conclusion: evidence and self-evidence.