This Day in History: The Reichstag fire happened on this day in 1933. The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building (the German parliament in Berlin) just weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Many consider this a false flag event*, which means that the Nazis started the fire, but they blamed the fire on their biggest competition, the Communists. This then gave Hitler the opportunity to expand his powers via the Reichstag Fire Decree. 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 the mail and telephone.
This was not the first false flag event for the Germans at that time. Another was the Gleiwitz incident in 1939 where prisoners were dressed as German soldiers and then shot by the Gestapo to make it seem that they had been shot by Polish soldiers. This ruse made it possible for the Germans to invade Poland.
There are a long history of false flag events. Many consider the 9/11 attacks a false flag event, and the January 6 rally at the Capitol Building is seen as another one.
[*The term "False Flag" was coined for the practice of pirate ships flying the flags of other nations to deceive merchant ships into thinking they were dealing with a friendly vessel.]
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