Burning the Reichstag: An Investigation Into the Third Reich's Enduring Mystery

by Benjamin Carter Hett

Book Overview

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 the Reichstag, the home and symbol of German democracy, up in flames. Immediately blaming the Communists, Hitler's new government approved a decree...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199322325
• ISBN13: 9780199322329
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"