THE REICHSTAG CAUGHT FIRE. 27 FEB 1933.
A young Dutch-born bricklayer, Marinus van der Lubbe, a professed communist, was found shirtless on the scene and arrested. Hitler went in the middle of the night to the offices of VÖLKISCHER BEOBACHTER; where an assistant told him to came back during business hours. "Are you mad?" said Hitler. "Don't you realize that an event of incalculable importance is actually taking place?" He and Goebbels worked the rest of the night getting the next issue ready.
CIVIL RIGHTS IN GERMANY WERE SUSPENDED. "Goering let loose his hordes, and at one blow all justice in Germany was smashed", wrote Stefan Zweig.
Nicholson Baker. Human Smoke. The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization. Simon & Schuster. 34.
EVENTS MATTER!
A young Dutch-born bricklayer, Marinus van der Lubbe, a professed communist, was found shirtless on the scene and arrested. Hitler went in the middle of the night to the offices of VÖLKISCHER BEOBACHTER; where an assistant told him to came back during business hours. "Are you mad?" said Hitler. "Don't you realize that an event of incalculable importance is actually taking place?" He and Goebbels worked the rest of the night getting the next issue ready.
CIVIL RIGHTS IN GERMANY WERE SUSPENDED. "Goering let loose his hordes, and at one blow all justice in Germany was smashed", wrote Stefan Zweig.
Nicholson Baker. Human Smoke. The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization. Simon & Schuster. 34.
EVENTS MATTER!
