THE REICHSTAG FIRE
We German Social Democrats pledge ourselves solemnly in this historic hour to the principles of hummanity and justice, of freedom and socialism. No 'Enabling Act' can give you the power to destroy ideas which are eternal and indestructible."
- Otto Wells, leader of the German Social Democrats, whose members had been "detained" by the Storm Troopers, to Adolf Hitler on March 23rd, 1933 after the passing of Hitler's 'Enabling Act' which ended democracy in Germany for the next 12 years.
**The following quotes come from 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' by William L. Shirer. Chapter seven (The Nazification of Germany: 1933 to 1934) pages 263 to 278**
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Does this entire scenario sound vaguely familiar to you? It sure does to me.
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