Chapter 616： Congressional Arson

"This is really exciting."

Sitting in the office, Edel was holding a telegram from Germany and muttering to himself. It is true that the telegram from Germany stated that a Dutch ********* man named Marinus van der Lube set fire to the parliament, and the German government claimed that it was behind the scenes after the investigation. The messenger is German *********.

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 building. The fire was not extinguished until 23:30. After firefighters and police inspected the scene of the fire, they found 20 bundles of unburned arson fuel and a man who was shivering with cold. This man was named Marinus van del Lube. It's a Dutch *********, an unemployed construction worker who came to Germany not long before.

And Edel, who has the memory of later generations, knew that, this was just Hitler's promise to honor his coming to power. Because he had an agreement with Junker before he came to power, the main threat needs to be eliminated. In fact, it doesn't matter who the main messenger behind the congressional arson is, or even personal behavior is not important. The new Hitler needs a ********* person to become the main messenger.

On the other hand, the party that came to power had long been grieving about obstructing their own *********.

Although Hitler succeeded in becoming prime minister, the fate of the brown revolution led by him is still a question mark six weeks after he took power. The Prussian government was urgently disbanded, causing serious concerns in other states.

In mid-February, Goering carried out a violent purge of the Prussian police, purge all the people he did not trust. He ordered his police force, “to ban anything that is hostile to the stormtroopers, the SS, and the Wehrmacht at all costs. Because these organizations have people who are most constructive to the country... The duty of the police is to help. Good for any form of national socialist propaganda."

Then he issued a statement to the effect that the police should act boldly and can use weapons at any time "against various organizations hostile to the country." If they "dereliction of duty", they will be punished. This is an open declaration of war on the ********* people, Marxists and their sympathizers.

Like Prussia, the seven smaller states have been politically submissive, but the larger states—including Bavaria, the birthplace of National Socialism—refused to give in to the Hitler government. At the same time, the ********* people called on the masses to resist.

On February 21, the "Red Soldiers Alliance" instigated the "young proletarians" to disarm the SS and stormtroopers. "In the future Red Army, every comrade is a commander! This is our oath to the soldiers of the Soviet Red Army. No matter whether it is a machine gun, a police force or a prison, it will not destroy our struggle. We are tomorrow. the host!"

A few days later, the official mouthpiece of ********* "Red Sailor" publicly called for violent action: "Workers, enter the fortifications! Move on to victory! Load the bullet! Pull the fuse of the grenade away! "

These revolutionary calls may be purely slogans, but Goering took them seriously—or acted. He attacked the "Karl Liebknecht Building" in Berlin on February 24. The official announcement stated that the police had copied the ********* uprising plan. On the evening of February 26, Hanusen predicted that this revolution would erupt into war.

And when the atmosphere was so tense, the congressional arson that took place on February 27 immediately made the party nervous.

It is said that when Hitler saw Tiega rising in the sky, he shouted: "It was *********!"

After shouting, he and Goebbels rushed to the scene of the fire. After arriving at the scene, they found Goring in the building that was still on fire.

Afterwards, various cabinet ministers, officials and other key figures (including the mayor of Berlin, Prince Aowei, the chief of police and the British ambassador) all came one after another. The person in charge of the preliminary investigation came in.

Rudolf Diels, director of the political police of the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, reported to the Führer and Goering that the arsonist was a Dutchman named Van der Lub, who had been found in the parliament building-he was half naked. An interrogator shouted angrily: "Why did you do this?"

The radical young man replied: "For ******."

However, the party did not believe what he said.

Goering just said. "This is the beginning of the ********* uprising. One minute can't be wasted..."

Hitler said: "Give them a little color! Whoever dares to stop us will knock him down!"

Due to his excitement, he blushed, "The German people have grown too weak. All the officials in charge have to be shot. The representative ********* tonight Everything is hanged. ********* friends must be locked up. This also applies to the Social Democratic Party and reichsba-ner (national pests)!"

At the same time, Goering was furious at the people who wrote reports for the official Prussian newspaper. The draft has only 20 lines and only mentions one arsonist. Goring hastily glanced at it and shouted: "All nonsense! As a police report, this may be good, but it is not a communiqué in my mind, not at all!"

He grabbed a blue pencil and changed 100 pounds of pyrophoric material to 1,000 pounds. The author retorted that one person cannot carry such a heavy load. Goering retorted, "Nothing is impossible. Why say there is only one person? There are 10 or even 20 people! Don't you understand what is happening? This is a sign of the ********* uprising. !"

Goering rewrote the communiqué, pointing out that Van der Lubb’s accomplices were two ********* members of Congress. The original author asked him to sign because this is not an official report but a political document. "Only if you formally sign it", he said I will give it to the news agency, and they will accept it. "

Goering reluctantly drew a capital g (the first letter of "Goring"-Annotation) on it. At this time, all police radio stations are calling to arrest the ********* members of the Congress, as well as the ********* members of the provincial and city councils. Officials must also be arrested, and all red newspapers will be closed.

In the cabinet meeting, Hitler declared that the current crisis forces us to "relentlessly" and "settling accounts" with ********* and "not to rely on the law." Therefore, he proposed to pass an emergency decree to protect the country from "red" harm, but it must be made purely defensive in nature and not too conspicuous. At the same time, he just mentioned lightly, "This is a special measure designed to protect the documentation of the German people."

However, after Frank read out the draft, it was obvious that this decree had cancelled most of the rights that a democratic society could give to people. First, it abolished the civil liberties granted by the Weimar Constitution-freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the sanctity of the family, the confidentiality of communications and telephone conversations, the freedom of association and private property, and so on .

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 Baben suggested that interfering in the affairs of the states would plant a deep hatred, especially in Bavaria. Baben's objection was also fleeting. He also made only a small modification-a nominal modification.

That night, Hitler and him were promoted to Hindenburg. The head of state argued that in order to suppress the Red Revolution, this decree must be formulated. Baben and Messner did not comment, so the president signed and detained.